Immune thrombocytopenic purpura reactivation after tick-borne encephalitis vaccination

Vaccine

Volumn 27, Issue 38, 2009, Pages 5172-5173

  Benz, Rudolf ^a   Krause, Martin ^a   Taverna, Christian ^a  

^a Cantonal Hospital Thurgau Münsterlingen   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Immune thrombocytopenia; Side effect; TBE vaccination

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE; FSME IMMUN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; IRON; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PREDNISONE; TICK BORNE ENCEPHALITIS VACCINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; CASE REPORT; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG MEGADOSE; FEMALE; HAEMOPHILUS INFECTION; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA; IRON DEFICIENCY; LETTER; MENINGOCOCCOSIS; MENSTRUATION; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLENECTOMY; THROMBOCYTE; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; VACCINATION;

ADULT; ENCEPHALITIS, TICK-BORNE; FEMALE; HUMANS; PURPURA, THROMBOCYTOPENIC, IDIOPATHIC; VACCINATION; VIRAL VACCINES; VIRUS ACTIVATION;

EID: 67749120552     PISSN: 0264410X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2009.06.068     Document Type: Letter

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