Antibody response to influenza vaccine in pediatric liver transplant recipients

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 491-494

  Hojsak, Iva ^a,b   Avitzur, Yaron ^a   Mor, Eitan ^c,d   Shamir, Raanan ^a,c   Haimi Cohen, Yishay ^a   Zakay Rones, Zichria ^e   Wolf, Dana ^e   Shapiro, Rivka ^a,c  

^a SCHNEIDER CHILDREN S MEDICAL CENTER OF ISRAEL   (Israel)

^b SESTRE MILOSRDNICE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Croatia)

^c TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^d RABIN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^e HEBREW UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

children; influenza vaccination; liver transplantation

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; INFLUENZA VACCINE; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; RAPAMYCIN; STEROID; TACROLIMUS;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; FLU LIKE SYNDROME; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HEMAGGLUTINATION INHIBITION TEST; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H3N2; LIVER GRAFT REJECTION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEASONAL INFLUENZA; SEROCONVERSION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIRUS STRAIN;

EID: 79957990137     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: 15320987     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/INF.0b013e31820b7c22     Document Type: Article

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