Don't exaggerate the systemic adverse effects of hepatitis B vaccination. The vaccine benefits people at risk

Prescrire International

Volumn 9, Issue 46, 2000, Pages 59-63

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HEPATITIS B VACCINE;

ANAPHYLAXIS; ARTHRITIS; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; BRACHIALGIA; DEMYELINATING DISEASE; DIPLOPIA; DRUG SURVEILLANCE PROGRAM; ERYTHEMA NODOSUM; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; GAIT DISORDER; GUILLAIN BARRE SYNDROME; HAIR LOSS; HEPATITIS B; HUMAN; ISCHEMIA; LUPUS VULGARIS; MONONEUROPATHY; MYASTHENIA; MYELITIS; NEURITIS; NEUROTOXICITY; OPTIC NERVE DISEASE; PARALYSIS; PARESTHESIA; RADICULITIS; REVIEW; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SEIZURE; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SIDE EFFECT; THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA; VACCINATION;

CANADA; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FRANCE; HEPATITIS B VACCINES; HUMANS; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES;

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