Does the hepatitis B vaccine cause multiple sclerosis?

Neurology

Volumn 63, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 772-773

  Naismith, Robert T ^a   Cross, Anne H ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B VACCINE;

DRUG INDUCED DISEASE; EDITORIAL; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 4644366144     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/01.WNL.0000137887.24504.30     Document Type: Editorial

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