Acute Demyelinating Events Following Vaccines: A Case-Centered Analysis
Author(s) -
Roger Baxter,
Edwin Lewis,
Kristin Goddard,
Bruce Fireman,
Nandini Bakshi,
Frank DeStefano,
Julianne Gee,
Hung Fu Tseng,
Allison L. Naleway,
Nicola P. Klein
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
clinical infectious diseases
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.44
H-Index - 336
eISSN - 1537-6591
pISSN - 1058-4838
DOI - 10.1093/cid/ciw607
Subject(s) - medicine , vaccination , tetanus , acute disseminated encephalomyelitis , diphtheria , odds ratio , pediatrics , immunization , confidence interval , population , immunology , multiple sclerosis , antibody , environmental health
Case reports have suggested that vaccines may trigger transverse myelitis (TM) or acute disseminated encephalomyelitis (ADEM), but the evidence for a causal association is inconclusive. We analyzed the association of immunization and subsequent development of TM or ADEM.
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