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IMMUNE RESPONSE AFTER SPLENECTOMY HANS D. OCHS JOHN L. SULLIVAN GERALD SCHIFFMAN MARGARET R. HAMMERSCHLAG ELLIOT VICHINSKY JAMES MISER RALPH J. WEDGWOOD Division
of Arthritis and Immunology and Division of Hematology and Oncology, Department of Pediatrics, University of Washington and Children’s Orthopedic Hospital and Medical Center, Seattle, Washington,
and decreased
IgM levels have been reported in splenectomised functionally asplenic patients.4,5 These immunological findings are thought to be the basis for o.p.s.i., a major cause of which is Streptococcus pneumonice.1 In order to investigate the immune response in more and
have studied immune r sponses to an intraadministered antigen (bacteriophage
IMMUNE RESPONSE AFTER SPLENECTOMY HANS D. OCHS JOHN L. SULLIVAN GERALD SCHIFFMAN MARGARET R. HAMMERSCHLAG ELLIOT VICHINSKY JAMES MISER RALPH J. WEDGWOOD Division
of Arthritis and Immunology and Division of Hematology and Oncology, Department of Pediatrics, University of Washington and Children’s Orthopedic Hospital and Medical Center, Seattle, Washington,
and decreased
IgM levels have been reported in splenectomised functionally asplenic patients.4,5 These immunological findings are thought to be the basis for o.p.s.i., a major cause of which is Streptococcus pneumonice.1 In order to investigate the immune response in more and
have studied immune r sponses to an intraadministered antigen (bacteriophage
