PandemrixTM and narcolepsy: A critical appraisal of the observational studies

Human Vaccines and Immunotherapeutics

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 187-193

  Verstraeten, Thomas ^a   Cohet, Catherine ^b   Dos Santos, Gaël ^b   Ferreira, Germano LC ^a,b   Bollaerts, Kaatje ^a   Bauchau, Vincent ^b   Shinde, Vivek ^c  

^a P95 Pharmacovigilance and Epidemiology Services ^*  (Belgium)

^b GSK   (Belgium)

^c GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Epidemiological bias; H1N1; Influenza; Narcolepsy; Vaccine

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE;

AWARENESS; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; NARCOLEPSY; NOTE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PREGNANT WOMAN; QUESTIONNAIRE; TELEPHONE INTERVIEW; VACCINATION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EUROPE;

EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; EUROPE; HUMANS; INFLUENZA VACCINES; NARCOLEPSY;

EID: 84961773400     PISSN: 21645515     EISSN: 2164554X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/21645515.2015.1068486     Document Type: Note

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