The yin and yang of paracetamol and paediatric immunisations

The Lancet

Volumn 374, Issue 9698, 2009, Pages 1305-1306

  Chen, Robert T ^a   Clark, Thomas A ^b   Halperin, Scott A ^c  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^c DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLOOXYGENASE 2; IBUPROFEN; PARACETAMOL; PERTUSSIS VACCINE; VACCINE;

ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CHEMOPROPHYLAXIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; DENDRITIC CELL; DIARRHEA; ENZYME INHIBITION; FEBRILE CONVULSION; FEVER; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNOGENICITY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; INJECTION SITE REACTION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PEDIATRICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; T LYMPHOCYTE; TREATMENT DURATION; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT; VACCINATION REACTION; VOMITING;

ACETAMINOPHEN; ANALGESICS, NON-NARCOTIC; CHILD; FEVER; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, ACTIVE; MASS VACCINATION;

EID: 70349880391     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(09)61802-X     Document Type: Note

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