Laboratory Diagnosis of Specific Antibody Deficiency to Pneumococcal Capsular Polysaccharide Antigens
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Laboratory diagnosis of specific antibody deficiency to pneumococcal capsular polysaccharide antigens.
BACKGROUND Measurement of postimmunization antibody response to pneumococcal capsular polysaccharide (caps-PS) is the standard method to identify deficiency of antipolysaccharide antibody production. However, no standardized criteria have been defined for classification of patients into responders or nonresponders to caps-PS. METHODS We vaccinated 37 healthy children and 39 healthy adults wit...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Clinical Chemistry
سال: 2007
ISSN: 0009-9147,1530-8561
DOI: 10.1373/clinchem.2006.080051