Immunization against influenza: A balancing act

American Journal of Transplantation

Volumn 11, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1561-1562

  Kumar, D ^a   Danziger Isakov, L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

HLA antibodies; Humoral allograft rejection; infection

Indexed keywords

ADJUVANT; INFLUENZA VACCINE;

2009 H1N1 INFLUENZA; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; EDITORIAL; EMULSION; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMAN; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AUTOANTIBODIES; FEMALE; HLA ANTIGENS; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA VACCINES; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE;

EID: 79961021663     PISSN: 16006135     EISSN: 16006143     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-6143.2011.03605.x     Document Type: Editorial

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