Prevention of invasive pneumococcal infection in sickle cell disease: On the threshold of a new era of successes?

Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 143, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 423-425

  Overturf, Gary D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PENICILLIN G; PNEUMOCOCCUS VACCINE;

CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPLEMENT FIXATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RISK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; VACCINATION;

EID: 0242267085     PISSN: 00223476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/S0022-3476(03)00466-9     Document Type: Editorial

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