Guillain-Barré syndrome following influenza vaccination: Causal or coincidental?

Current Infectious Disease Reports

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 387-398

  Sejvar, James J ^a   Pfeifer, Dina ^b   Schonberger, Lawrence B ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Adverse event; Guillain Barr syndrome; Influenza; Vaccination; Vaccine

Indexed keywords

GANGLIOSIDE ANTIBODY; GANGLIOSIDE GM1 ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; INFLUENZA VACCINE; INFLUENZA VIRUS HEMAGGLUTININ; VIRUS SIALIDASE;

ATTRIBUTABLE RISK; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CAUSAL ATTRIBUTION; CHICKEN EGG; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; DRUG FORMULATION; EGG; EXPERIMENTAL AUTOIMMUNE NEURITIS; GUILLAIN BARRE SYNDROME; HUMAN; INFLUENZA A (H1N1); INFLUENZA VACCINATION; NEURITIS; NONHUMAN; PANDEMIC INFLUENZA; REVIEW; SWINE INFLUENZA;

EID: 80052613845     PISSN: 15233847     EISSN: 15343146     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11908-011-0194-8     Document Type: Review

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