Mode of splenectomy and immunogenicity o
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G. A. Stoehr; J. Luecken; S. Zielen; S. W. Eber; R. Borrow; M. A. Rose
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Article
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2007
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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## Abstract ## Background Splenectomy predisposes patients to invasive disease from pneumococci, meningococci, and Haemophilus influenzae; immunization is mandatory. However, data on the impact of the splenectomy on vaccine immunogenicity are scarce. ## Methods A total of 41 children with heredi