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Open Access 01-12-2017 | Commentary

Contact allergy to aluminium induced by commonly used pediatric vaccines

Authors: E. Bergfors, B. Trollfors, A. Inerot, A. Gente Lidholm

Published in: Clinical and Translational Medicine | Issue 1/2017

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We would like to complete the paragraph on Adjuvants (page 6) in the review Vaccination in children with allergies to non active vaccine components by Francheschini et al. [1] which was initiated by the Italian Pediatric Society of Allergy and Immunology in 2013 and published in Clinical and Translational Medicine in 2015. …
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Metadata
Title
Contact allergy to aluminium induced by commonly used pediatric vaccines
Authors
E. Bergfors
B. Trollfors
A. Inerot
A. Gente Lidholm
Publication date
01-12-2017
Publisher
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published in
Clinical and Translational Medicine / Issue 1/2017
Electronic ISSN: 2001-1326
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/s40169-016-0129-y

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