Randomized, double-blind, controlled trial of pneumococcal vaccination in renal transplant recipients.

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Published in J Infect Dis on April 23, 2003

Authors

Deepali Kumar1, Coleman Rotstein, Genevieve Miyata, Dianne Arlen, Atul Humar

Author Affiliations

1: The Immunocompromised Host Infection Service, Division of Multi-Organ Transplant and Infectious Diseases, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada. dkumar@mtsinai.on.ca

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