Antibody levels after regular childhood vaccinations in the immunological screening of children with recurrent otitis media

Journal of Clinical Immunology

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 354-360

  Wiertsema, Selma P ^a   Sanders, Elisabeth A M ^a   Veenhoven, Reinier H ^b   Van Heerbeek, Niels ^c   Van Den Hof, Susan ^d   Berbers, Guy A M ^d   Rijkers, Ger T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b Infection and Immunology   (Netherlands)

^c RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Acute otitis media; Antibodies; Immunodeficiency; Immunological evaluation; Otitis media with effusion; Recurrent infections

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; DIPHTHERIA VACCINE; INFLUENZA VACCINE; MEASLES VACCINE; TETANUS TOXOID;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; EFFUSION; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OTITIS MEDIA; PEDIATRICS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; SCREENING; VACCINATION;

ANTIBODIES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOLOGIC DEFICIENCY SYNDROMES; MALE; MASS SCREENING; OTITIS MEDIA; RECURRENCE; VACCINES;

EID: 3442890690     PISSN: 02719142     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:JOCI.0000029114.84417.45     Document Type: Article

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