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The effect of pneumococcal immunization on total and antigen-specific B cells in patients with severe chronic kidney disease
BACKGROUND: While the 23-valent pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine (PPV23) is routinely used in Canada and some other countries to prevent pneumococcal infection in adults with chronic kidney disease (CKD), patients develop a suboptimal antibody response to PPV23 due to their immune dysfunction. Th...
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2019
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6849264/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31718534 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12865-019-0325-9 |