Hepatitis B This comment was rejected by the N Engl Med J in 2001. As exemplified by an accompanying editorial1, results of two studies2,3 published in a recent issue of NEJM have been overwhelmingly interpreted as demonstrating that no link exists between hepatitis B (HB) vaccine and multiple sclerosis (MS).…
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Bibliography
Hepatitis B A review of references on the safety of hepatitis B vaccine In addition to the recent investigation by Hernan et al (an American study performed on a British database), the following bibliography, although not exhaustive, demonstrates that the issue of hepatitis B vaccine unusual toxicity is by no…
Vaccination: misconceptions about misconception
Hepatitis B According to a BMJ editorial (21 Aug. 2004)Bedford H. Misconceptions about the new combination vaccine. BMJ 2004;329:411., doubts about vaccination programmes cannot be based on more than “misconceptions”. Let's try to demonstrate that in this field the distribution between “myth” and “reality” is not so univocal : this…