Influenza vaccine and autoimmunity

Israel Medical Association Journal

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 183-185

  Agmon Levin, Nancy ^a   Kivity, Shaye ^a   Shoenfeld, Yehuda ^a,b  

^a SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Adjuvant; Autoantibodies; Autoimmunity; Influenza vaccine; Molecular mimicry

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; INFLUENZA VACCINE;

ALLERGIC ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ANTIBODY TITER; ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID SYNDROME; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; AUTOIMMUNITY; CONFUSION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG INDICATION; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG SURVEILLANCE PROGRAM; EDITORIAL; GUILLAIN BARRE SYNDROME; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INFLUENZA; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY OCCLUSION; MOLECULAR MIMICRY; MYELITIS; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS;

ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID SYNDROME; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; COMORBIDITY; HUMANS; INFARCTION, MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; INFLUENZA VACCINES; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, SYSTEMIC;

EID: 67549119856     PISSN: 15651088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Editorial

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