The effect of sirolimus therapy on vaccine responses in transplant recipients

American Journal of Transplantation

Volumn 7, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 2006-2011

  Willcocks, L C ^a,b   Chaudhry, A N ^b   Smith, J C ^c   Ojha, S ^b   Doffinger, R ^d   Watson, C J E ^c   Smith, K G C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Influenza; Liver transplantation; Pneumococcus; Renal transplantation; Vaccine

Indexed keywords

CALCINEURIN INHIBITOR; CYCLOSPORIN A; INFLUENZA VACCINE; PNEUMOCOCCUS VACCINE; POLYSACCHARIDE VACCINE; RAPAMYCIN; TACROLIMUS;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; KIDNEY GRAFT REJECTION; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVER GRAFT REJECTION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIA;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; ANTIGENS, VIRAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H3N2 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA VACCINES; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; PNEUMOCOCCAL VACCINES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SIROLIMUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VACCINATION;

EID: 34447130872     PISSN: 16006135     EISSN: 16006143     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-6143.2007.01869.x     Document Type: Article

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