Le Hello C, Cohen P, Bousser M G, Letellier P, Guillevin L
Service de Médecine Interne, Hôpital Avicenne, Université Paris-Nord, Bobigny, France.
J Rheumatol. 1999 Jan;26(1):191-4.
Recombinant hepatitis B vaccination is widely used and severe side effects are rare. We describe 3 cases of vasculitis occurring after such immunization that are thought to have been vaccine induced. Vasculitides are now recognized as possible severe adverse side effects of immunization.