Preventable Pediatric Stroke via Vaccination?

Craig A. Press; Mark S. Wainwright

doi:10.15844/pedneurbriefs-29-10-3

Preventable Pediatric Stroke via Vaccination?

Pediatric Neurology Briefs

Volume 29 (2015): Issue 10

By: Craig A. Press and Mark S. Wainwright

Open Access

|Nov 2015

Abstract

Investigators from the Vascular Effects of Infection in Pediatric Stroke (VIPS) group studied the risk of arterial ischemic stroke (AIS) associated with minor infection and routine childhood vaccinations.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.15844/pedneurbriefs-29-10-3 | Journal eISSN: 2166-6482

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Language: English

Page range: 76 - 76

Submitted on: Nov 5, 2015

Accepted on: Nov 11, 2015

Published on: Nov 17, 2015

Published by: Pediatric Neurology Briefs Publishers

In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

Keywords:

Pediatric Stoke,

Infection,

Vaccination

© 2015 Craig A. Press, Mark S. Wainwright, published by Pediatric Neurology Briefs Publishers
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

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