A case-control study of measles vaccination and inflammatory bowel disease

Lancet

Volumn 350, Issue 9080, 1997, Pages 764-766

  Feeney, Mark ^a   Clegg, Andrew ^b   Winwood, Paul ^b   Snook, Jonathon ^a  

^a POOLE HOSPITAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEASLES VACCINE;

ACTIVE IMMUNIZATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROHN DISEASE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DRUG SAFETY; ENTERITIS; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEASLES; MEASLES VACCINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULCERATIVE COLITIS;

EID: 0030885723     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(97)03192-9     Document Type: Article

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