Efficacy and safety of measles, mumps, rubella and varicella live viral vaccines in transplant recipients receiving immunosuppressive drugs

World Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 254-258

  Danerseau, Angela Marie ^a   Robinson, Joan Louise ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Measles vaccine; Transplantation; Vaccination; Varicella vaccine

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; AZATHIOPRINE; CHICKENPOX VACCINE; CYCLOSPORIN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; MEASLES MUMPS RUBELLA VACCINE; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; OKT 3; PREDNISONE; RAPAMYCIN; TACROLIMUS; VARICELLA ZOSTER VACCINE;

BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; CHICKENPOX; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG ERUPTION; DRUG FEVER; DRUG SAFETY; EMBASE; GRAFT RECIPIENT; GRAFT REJECTION; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; INJECTION SITE RASH; INJECTION SITE REACTION; INTESTINE TRANSPLANTATION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MEASLES; MEASLES VACCINATION; MEDLINE; MUMPS; REPEATED DRUG DOSE; REVIEW; RUBELLA; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; TRANSPLANTATION; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; VACCINATION;

CHICKENPOX VACCINE; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; MEASLES-MUMPS-RUBELLA VACCINE; RISK ASSESSMENT; TIME FACTORS; TRANSPLANTATION; VACCINES, ATTENUATED;

EID: 58149180068     PISSN: 17088569     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12519-008-0047-1     Document Type: Review

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