Antibody response to pneumococcal vaccine in patients with trisomy-21 (Down's syndrome)

Nurmi, T.; Leinonen, M.; Häivä, V.M.; Tiilikainen, A.; Kouvalainen, K.

Clinical and Experimental Immunology 48(2): 485-490

1982


ISSN/ISBN: 0009-9104
PMID: 6213331
Document Number: 189633
The antibody response to pneumococcal vaccine was lower in adults with trisomy-21 (Down's syndrome) than in controls. Males gave lower response than females, significantly so among the 21-trisomic patients. The antibody response to different polysaccharides differed between the groups.

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