European Journal of Internal Medicine
Volume 19, Issue 8 , Pages 575-578 , December 2008

Systemic polyarteritis nodosa following hepatitis B vaccination

  • Jozélio Freire de Carvalho

      Affiliations

    • Rheumatology Division, São Paulo University School of Medicine, São Paulo, Brazil
    • Department of Internal Medicine B, Center for Autoimmune Diseases, affiliated with Tel-Aviv University Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Sheba Medical Center, Tel-Hashomer, Israel
    • JF Carvalho is a recipient of grant no. BEX 2367/06-8 awarded by CAPES.
    • ,
  • Rosa Maria Rodrigues Pereira

      Affiliations

    • Rheumatology Division, São Paulo University School of Medicine, São Paulo, Brazil
    • ,
  • Yehuda Shoenfeld

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine B, Center for Autoimmune Diseases, affiliated with Tel-Aviv University Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Sheba Medical Center, Tel-Hashomer, Israel
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Medicine B and Center for Autoimmune Diseases, The Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Tel-Hashomer, 52621, Israel. Tel.: +972 3 5302652; fax: +972 3 5352855.
    • Recipient of the Laura Schwarz-Kipp Chair for Research of Autoimmune Diseases, Tel-Aviv University.

Received 22 February 2007 ,Revised 22 June 2007 ,Accepted 28 June 2007.

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doi: 10.1016/j.ejim.2007.06.035

European Journal of Internal Medicine
Volume 19, Issue 8 , Pages 575-578 , December 2008

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