BCG immunisation and the 'Trojan Horse' phenomenon of vaccination

Clinical Rheumatology

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 6-7

  Aron Maor, A ^a   Shoenfeld, Y ^a  

^a SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN; BCG VACCINE; HEPATITIS B VACCINE;

ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; AUTOIMMUNITY; BLADDER CARCINOMA; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; EDITORIAL; HAPLOTYPE; HEREDITY; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; NONHUMAN; POLYARTHRITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REITER SYNDROME; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; TUBERCULOSIS; VACCINATION;

AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; BCG VACCINE; HUMANS; VACCINATION;

EID: 0038543346     PISSN: 07703198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10067-002-0673-2     Document Type: Editorial

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