Vaccination of Adult Patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus in Portugal

In the wake of the Portuguese vaccination program 50th anniversary it seems appropriate to review vaccination in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus. Controversial issues as regards the association between autoimmune diseases, infections, and vaccines are discussed as well as vaccine safety a...

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Autores principales: Moraes-Fontes, Maria Francisca, Antunes, Ana Margarida, Gruner, Heidi, Riso, Nuno
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4812392/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27069477
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/2845617
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author Moraes-Fontes, Maria Francisca
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description In the wake of the Portuguese vaccination program 50th anniversary it seems appropriate to review vaccination in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus. Controversial issues as regards the association between autoimmune diseases, infections, and vaccines are discussed as well as vaccine safety and efficacy issues as regards chronic immunosuppressant (IS) drug therapy. After a brief overview of national policies, specific recommendations are made as regards vaccination for adult patients with SLE with a particular focus on current IS therapy and unmet needs.
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spelling pubmed-48123922016-04-11 Vaccination of Adult Patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus in Portugal Moraes-Fontes, Maria Francisca Antunes, Ana Margarida Gruner, Heidi Riso, Nuno Int J Rheumatol Review Article In the wake of the Portuguese vaccination program 50th anniversary it seems appropriate to review vaccination in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus. Controversial issues as regards the association between autoimmune diseases, infections, and vaccines are discussed as well as vaccine safety and efficacy issues as regards chronic immunosuppressant (IS) drug therapy. After a brief overview of national policies, specific recommendations are made as regards vaccination for adult patients with SLE with a particular focus on current IS therapy and unmet needs. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2016 2016-03-16 /pmc/articles/PMC4812392/ /pubmed/27069477 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/2845617 Text en Copyright © 2016 Maria Francisca Moraes-Fontes et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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