Impaired avidity maturation after tetanus toxoid booster in children with down syndrome

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 357-359

  Kusters, Maaike A ^a   Jol Van Der Zijde, C M ^b   Van Tol, Maarten J ^b   Bolz, W E ^c   Bok, L A ^d   Visser, Marjan ^e   De Vries, Esther ^a  

^a JEROEN BOSCH HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c ELKERLIEK HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^d MÁXIMA MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^e Beatrix Hospital   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Antibody formation; Avidity; Children; Down syndrome; Tetanus toxoid

Indexed keywords

TETANUS TOXOID;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CELL SELECTION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DOWN SYNDROME; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; TETANUS;

EID: 79954845054     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: 15320987     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/INF.0b013e3181ff85a8     Document Type: Article

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