Prevalence of pneumococcal vaccination in adult immune thrombocytopenia patients exposed to rituximab or to splenectomy

European Journal of Haematology

Volumn 90, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 438-439

  Moulis, Guillaume ^a,b,c   Sailler, Laurent ^a,b,c   Sommet, Agnès ^a,b,c   Lapeyre Mestre, Maryse ^a,b,c   Adoue, Daniel ^a,b  

^a TOULOUSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^c INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

Immune thrombocytopenia; Pneumococcal vaccine; Rituximab; Splenectomy

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN; PNEUMOCOCCUS VACCINE; RITUXIMAB;

ADULT DISEASE; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; COMORBIDITY; HUMAN; LETTER; MORTALITY; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTION; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY IMMUNE THROMBOCYTOPENIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLENECTOMY; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; VACCINATION;

ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL, MURINE-DERIVED; HUMANS; IMMUNOLOGIC FACTORS; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; PNEUMOCOCCAL VACCINES; PREVALENCE; PURPURA, THROMBOCYTOPENIC, IDIOPATHIC; SPLENECTOMY; VACCINATION;

EID: 84876732649     PISSN: 09024441     EISSN: 16000609     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ejh.12091     Document Type: Letter

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