Seroprevalence of antibodies against varicella-zoster virus and response to the varicella vaccine in pediatric renal transplant patients
✍ Scribed by Tânia do Socorro Souza Chaves; Marta Heloisa Lopes; Vanda Akico Ueda Fick De Souza; Sigrid De Sousa dos Santos; Lilian Monteiro Pereira; Alexanda Dias Reis; Elias David-Neto
- Book ID
- 110895861
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2005
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 90 KB
- Volume
- 9
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1397-3142
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