Status epilepticus and lymphocytic pneumonitis following hepatitis B vaccination

European Journal of Internal Medicine

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 383-385

  de Carvalho, Jozélio Freire ^a,b   Shoenfeld, Yehuda ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Convulsion; Hepatitis B vaccination; Pneumonitis; Status epilepticus; Vaccination; Vaccine

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B VACCINE;

ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN HERNIA; CASE REPORT; DRUG FATALITY; EPILEPTIC STATE; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERSTITIAL PNEUMONIA; LYMPHOCYTIC PNEUMONITIS; SCHOOL CHILD; SUDDEN DEATH; VACCINATION;

AUTOPSY; CHILD; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B VACCINES; HUMANS; LYMPHOCYTOSIS; PNEUMONIA; STATUS EPILEPTICUS;

EID: 44649111295     PISSN: 09536205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejim.2007.10.005     Document Type: Article

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