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Immunodeficiency in children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia after completion of modern aggressive chemotherapeutic regimens.
The Journal of pediatrics - 1 May 2005
Brodtman Daniel H, Rosenthal David W, Redner Arlene, Lanzkowsky Philip, Bonagura Vincent R
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OBJECTIVE: To determine the prevalence, duration, and a potential cause of humoral defect(s) in children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) at least 1 year after completion of chemotherapy. STUDY DESIGN: Antibody titers for mumps, rubeola, rubella, tetanus and diphtheria toxoid, poliovirus serotypes 1, 2,and 3, Haemophilus influenzae type b, varicella, and hepatitis B were obtained from 100 children with...
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