IMPAIRED AVIDITY MATURATION AFTER TETANUS TOXOID BOOSTER IN CHILDREN WITH DOWN SYNDROME

Autor: C.M. Jol-van der Zijde, Levinus A. Bok, Maarten J. D. van Tol, W.E.A. Bolz, Maaike A A Kusters, Esther de Vries, Marjan Visser
Rok vydání: 2011
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Zdroj: Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal. 30:357-359
ISSN: 0891-3668
DOI: 10.1097/inf.0b013e3181ff85a8
Popis: Down syndrome children show a decreased avidity of the antibody response after tetanus toxoid booster vaccination at 9 years of age suggesting impaired memory B cell selection in the germinal center. Clinicians need to be aware of this ongoing subtle immunologic deficit in Down syndrome.
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