DTP immunisation of steroid treated preterm infants [1]

Archives of Disease in Childhood: Fetal and Neonatal Edition

Volumn 89, Issue 5, 2004, Pages

  Clarke, P ^a   Robinson, M J ^a   Powell, P J ^b  

^a HOPE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL BOLTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE; DIPHTHERIA ANTIBODY; DIPHTHERIA PERTUSSIS TETANUS VACCINE; STEROID; TETANUS ANTIBODY;

ACTIVE IMMUNIZATION; ANTIBODY TITER; BIRTH WEIGHT; BLOOD SAMPLING; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC LUNG DISEASE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIPHTHERIA; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; IMMUNOGENICITY; INFANT; LETTER; PERTUSSIS; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STEROID THERAPY; TETANUS;

ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; DEXAMETHASONE; DIPHTHERIA-TETANUS-PERTUSSIS VACCINE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION SCHEDULE; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE;

EID: 4444253866     PISSN: 13592998     EISSN: 14682052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.2003.046664     Document Type: Letter

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