Measles vaccination and Guillain-Barre syndrome

Lancet

Volumn 349, Issue 9044, 1997, Pages 14-16

  Da Silveira, Claudio M ^a   Salisbury, David M ^b   De Quadros, Ciro A ^a  

^a PAN AMERICAN HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (United States)

^b Wellington House ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CHILD; CHILE; COLOMBIA; GUILLAIN BARRE SYNDROME; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEASLES VACCINATION; POLIOMYELITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 0031025526     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(96)07408-9     Document Type: Article

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