Varicella vaccines
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Varicella vaccines and measles, mumps, rubella, and varicella vaccine.
OBJECTIVES To present an up-to-date review of studies investigating the efficacy, adverse events and vaccination regimens of the varicella vaccine and the new presentation combined with the vaccine for measles, mumps and rubella. SOURCES OF DATA Bibliographic review of the MEDLINE and LILACS databases covering the period 1999 to 2006. SUMMARY OF THE FINDINGS The varicella vaccine protects 7...
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عنوان ژورنال: British Medical Bulletin
سال: 2012
ISSN: 0007-1420,1471-8391
DOI: 10.1093/bmb/lds019