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Acellular pertussis and meningococcal C vaccines: cardio-respiratory events in preterm infants

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  1. Department of Paediatrics, St. Mary's Hospital, Portsmouth, Hampshire, UK

    Martin H. Slack & Richard J. Thwaites

  2. Department of Paediatrics, Royal Hampshire County Hospital, Winchester, Hampshire, UK

    Christine Schapira & David Schapira

  3. PHLS, Communicable Disease Surveillance Centre, London, UK

    Nicholas Andrews

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Slack, M.H., Schapira, C., Thwaites, R.J. et al. Acellular pertussis and meningococcal C vaccines: cardio-respiratory events in preterm infants. Eur J Pediatr 162, 436–437 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00431-003-1159-1

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