Vaccination and autoimmune diseases: The argument against

Israel Medical Association Journal

Volumn 6, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 433-435

  Rubinstein, Ethan ^a,b  

^a SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Autoimmune diseases; Vaccination

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; DNA VACCINE; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE B VACCINE; HEPATITIS B VACCINE; HLA DR2 ANTIGEN; INFLUENZA VACCINE; LYME DISEASE VACCINE; MEASLES MUMPS RUBELLA VACCINE; SMALLPOX VACCINE; VACCINE;

ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; BIOLOGICAL WARFARE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DEMYELINATING DISEASE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DRUG SURVEILLANCE PROGRAM; GUILLAIN BARRE SYNDROME; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR MIMICRY; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; MYOCARDITIS; NONHUMAN; PERICARDITIS; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; T LYMPHOCYTE; VACCINATION;

AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; GUILLAIN-BARRE SYNDROME; HEPATITIS B VACCINES; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS; INFLUENZA VACCINES; MEASLES-MUMPS-RUBELLA VACCINE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; SMALLPOX VACCINE; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; VACCINATION; VACCINES;

EID: 3242875299     PISSN: 15651088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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