An adverse event following 2009 H1N1 influenza vaccination: A case of acute disseminated encephalomyelitis

Korean Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 54, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 422-424

  Lee, Sang Teak ^a   Choe, Young June ^a   Moon, Won Jin ^b   Choi, Jin Woo ^b   Lee, Ran ^b  

^a Division of National Immunization Program and Vaccine Preventable Disease   (South Korea)

^b Konkuk University Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Acute disseminated encephalomyelitis; Adverse drug event; Child; Novel influenza A (H1N1); Vaccination

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; DEXAMETHASONE; DIPHTHERIA PERTUSSIS TETANUS VACCINE; HEPATITIS B VACCINE; INFLUENZA VACCINE; JAPANESE ENCEPHALITIS VACCINE; MEASLES VACCINE; POLIOMYELITIS VACCINE;

2009 H1N1 INFLUENZA; ACUTE DISSEMINATED ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN DAMAGE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID CYTOLOGY; CHILD; CONVALESCENCE; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; DIPHTHERIA; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; FRONTAL CORTEX; HEPATITIS B; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H1N1; JAPANESE ENCEPHALITIS; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; MEASLES; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARIETAL CORTEX; PERTUSSIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POLIOMYELITIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEIZURE; SEROLOGY; SYMPTOM; TETANUS; THALAMUS; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WHITE MATTER; WHITE MATTER LESION;

EID: 84863032330     PISSN: 17381061     EISSN: 20927258     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3345/kjp.2011.54.10.422     Document Type: Article

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