Cardiac Dysrhythmia following Smallpox Vaccination [2]

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 37, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 1579-1580

  Whitman, Timothy J ^a   Ferguson, Michael A ^a   Decker, Catherine F ^a  

^a WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATENOLOL; SMALLPOX VACCINE; VERAPAMIL;

ADULT; CASE REPORT; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM ARRHYTHMIA; HEART PALPITATION; HEART SUPRAVENTRICULAR ARRHYTHMIA; HEART VENTRICLE EXTRASYSTOLE; HUMAN; LETTER; MYOCARDITIS; PERICARDITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMALLPOX; VACCINATION;

EID: 0345550406     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/379618     Document Type: Letter

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