Intussusception after rotavirus vaccination - Spontaneous reports

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 365, Issue 22, 2011, Pages 2139-

  Escolano, Sylvie ^a   Farrington, C Paddy ^b   Hill, Catherine ^c   Tubert Bitter, Pascale ^a  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c INSTITUT GUSTAVE ROUSSY   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ROTAVIRUS VACCINE;

CASE STUDY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT MORTALITY; INTUSSUSCEPTION; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; ROTAVIRUS INFECTION; STANDARD; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VACCINATION;

EID: 82555168411     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMc1107771     Document Type: Letter

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