Hypotonic-hyporesponsive episode (HHE) as an adverse event following immunization in early childhood: Case definition and guidelines for data collection, analysis, and presentation

Vaccine

Volumn 25, Issue 31, 2007, Pages 5875-5881

  Buettcher, Michael ^a   Heininger, Ulrich ^a   Braun, Miles ^b   Bonhoeffer, Jan ^a   Halperin, Scott ^c   Heijbel, Harald ^d   de Menezes Martins, Reinaldo ^e   Vermeer de Bondt, Patricia ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^b CENTER FOR DRUG EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

^c DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d SWEDISH INSTITUTE FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASE CONTROL   (Sweden)

^e Instituto de Technologia em Imunobiologicos   (Brazil)

^f NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Adverse event; Case definition; Guidelines; Hypotonic hyporesponsive episode; Immunization

Indexed keywords

DIPHTHERIA PERTUSSIS TETANUS VACCINE; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE B VACCINE; HEPATITIS B VACCINE; VACCINE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CASE DEFINITION; CASE STUDY; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; DATA ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; DIPHTHERIA; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG SURVEILLANCE PROGRAM; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE B; HEPATITIS B; HUMAN; HYPOTONIC HYPORESPONSIVE EPISODE; IMMUNIZATION; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MUSCLE TONE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PERTUSSIS; POSTMARKETING SURVEILLANCE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE; STANDARD; TETANUS; VIRUS INFECTION;

EID: 34447318094     PISSN: 0264410X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2007.04.061     Document Type: Article

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