No association between influenza A(H1N1)pdm09 vaccination and narcolepsy in South Korea: An ecological study

Vaccine

Volumn 30, Issue 52, 2012, Pages 7439-7442

  Choe, Young June ^a,b   Bae, Geun Ryang ^a,b   Lee, Duk hyoung ^b  

^a Division of Vaccine Preventable Disease Control   (South Korea)

^b Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Influenza; Narcolepsy; Narcolepsy cataplexy; Pandemic; Vaccination; Vaccine

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE; MIFAMURTIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFLUENZA A (H1N1); MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NARCOLEPSY; PANDEMIC; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SOUTH KOREA; VACCINATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA VACCINES; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NARCOLEPSY; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; VACCINATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84870564022     PISSN: 0264410X     EISSN: 18732518     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2012.10.030     Document Type: Article

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