Vaccinations in Paediatric Rheumatology: an Update on Current Developments

Current Rheumatology Reports

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 2015, Pages

  Groot, Noortje ^a,b   Heijstek, Marloes W ^a   Wulffraat, Nico M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b SOPHIA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Infection prevention; Paediatric rheumatic diseases; pedRD; Vaccinations; Vaccine immunogenicity; Vaccine safety

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; BCG VACCINE; CYCLOSPORIN; DIPHTHERIA TETANUS VACCINE; GLUCOCORTICOID; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE B VACCINE; HEPATITIS B VACCINE; HEPATITIS C VACCINE; IMMUNOLOGICAL ADJUVANT; INFLUENZA VACCINE; MEASLES MUMPS RUBELLA VACCINE; MENINGOCOCCUS VACCINE; METHOTREXATE; PLACEBO; PNEUMOCOCCUS VACCINE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA INHIBITOR; VARICELLA ZOSTER VACCINE; WART VIRUS VACCINE; YELLOW FEVER VACCINE; VACCINE;

ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ANTIBODY TITER; CHICKENPOX; CHILD HEALTH CARE; DIPHTHERIA; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG SAFETY; HAEMOPHILUS INFECTION; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HERPES ZOSTER; HUMAN; IMMUNOGENICITY; IMMUNOLOGICAL MEMORY; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFLUENZA A (H1N1); JUVENILE RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; LOW DRUG DOSE; MEASLES; MENINGOCOCCOSIS; MUMPS; PAPILLOMAVIRUS INFECTION; PEDIATRICS; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RASH; REVIEW; RHEUMATIC DISEASE; RUBELLA; SEASONAL INFLUENZA; SEROCONVERSION; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; TETANUS; TUBERCULOSIS; VACCINATION; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM; YELLOW FEVER; ACTIVE IMMUNIZATION; CHILD; COMPLICATION; IMMUNOLOGY; PATIENT SAFETY; RHEUMATIC DISEASES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CHILD; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, ACTIVE; PATIENT SAFETY; RHEUMATIC DISEASES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VACCINATION; VACCINES;

EID: 84930212128     PISSN: 15233774     EISSN: 15346307     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11926-015-0519-y     Document Type: Review

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