MMR-Varicella Vaccine and Risk of Febrile Seizures
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Measles-mumps-rubella-varicella combination vaccine and the risk of febrile seizures.
OBJECTIVE In February 2008, we alerted the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices to preliminary evidence of a twofold increased risk of febrile seizures after the combination measles-mumps-rubella-varicella (MMRV) vaccine when compared with separate measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) and varicella vaccines. Now with data on twice as many vaccine recipients, our goal was to reexamine seizure ris...
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عنوان ژورنال: Pediatric Neurology Briefs
سال: 2010
ISSN: 2166-6482,1043-3155
DOI: 10.15844/pedneurbriefs-24-9-3