Re-immunisations after childhood leukaemia [3]

European Journal of Haematology

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 175-176

  Ek, Torben ^a   Mellander, Lotta ^a   Abrahamsson, Jonas ^a  

^a QUEEN SILVIA CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIPHTHERIA VACCINE; TETANUS TOXOID;

ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; AGGLUTINATION TEST; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CHILDHOOD LEUKEMIA; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNIZATION; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANTIBODY FORMATION; CHILD; DIPHTHERIA-TETANUS VACCINE; HEPATITIS B VACCINES; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION, SECONDARY; LEUKEMIA, LYMPHOCYTIC, ACUTE, L1; RESEARCH;

EID: 22444451328     PISSN: 09024441     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0609.2005.00489.x     Document Type: Letter

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