Anaphylaxis as an adverse event following immunisation

Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 60, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 737-739

  Erlewyn Lajeunesse, Michel ^a,e   Bonhoeffer, Jan ^b   Ruggeberg, Jens U ^c   Heath, Paul T ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^c Universitätskinderklinik ^*  (Germany)

^d ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e UBHT Education Centre   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; GELATIN; MEASLES MUMPS RUBELLA VACCINE; NEOMYCIN; VACCINE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ANAPHYLAXIS; ANGIONEUROTIC EDEMA; ANXIETY; CHEST TIGHTNESS; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLLAPSE; CONFUSION; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; CYANOSIS; DIARRHEA; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DIZZINESS; DRUG SAFETY; DYSARTHRIA; DYSPHAGIA; DYSPNEA; EDITORIAL; EGG ALLERGY; HOARSENESS; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNOPATHOGENESIS; INCONTINENCE; MALAISE; NAUSEA; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERIORBITAL EDEMA; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; RATING SCALE; SENSITIZATION; SIDE EFFECT; STRIDOR; THROAT TIGHTNESS; URTICARIA; VACCINATION; VOMITING; WEAKNESS; WHEEZING;

ANAPHYLAXIS; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION; INCIDENCE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 34447341991     PISSN: 00219746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jcp.2006.037457     Document Type: Editorial

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