Impaired pneumococcal immunity in children after treatment for acute lymphoblastic leukaemia

British Journal of Haematology

Volumn 147, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 700-705

  Lehrnbecher, Thomas ^a   Schubert, Ralf ^a   Behl, Michael ^b   Koenig, Melanie ^a   Rose, Markus A ^a   Koehl, Ulrike ^a   Meisel, Roland ^c   Laws, Hans Jürgen ^c  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b FRANKFURT UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Germany)

^c HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acute lymphoblastic leukaemia; Chemotherapy; Child; Immune reconstitution; Pneumococcus

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G2; PNEUMOCOCCUS VACCINE;

ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; VACCINATION;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNE TOLERANCE; IMMUNITY, CELLULAR; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS; MALE; PRECURSOR CELL LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA-LYMPHOMA; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70449331655     PISSN: 00071048     EISSN: 13652141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2141.2009.07903.x     Document Type: Article

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