Vaccination and immunisation

Ledward, R. S.; Hawkins, D. F.; Stern, L.

doi:10.1007/978-1-4899-3296-9_4

Vaccination and immunisation

R. S. Ledward BSc (Manchester), MR Pharm. Soc., MB, ChB (L’pool), DA, DM (N’ham), LRCP, MRCS, MRSH, FRCS, FRCOG, DHMSA^6,7,
D. F. Hawkins BSc, PhD, DSc, MB, BS (Lond), MD (Mass), FRCOG, FACOG^8,9 &
L. Stern MD, FRCP(C)¹⁰

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There is no direct evidence that vaccination with killed or attenuated live vaccines against influenza, tetanus, cholera, and yellow fever has any ill effect on the pregnant woman unless she has an allergic or idiosyncratic reaction.

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South-East Kent Health Authority, England
R. S. Ledward BSc (Manchester), MR Pharm. Soc., MB, ChB (L’pool), DA, DM (N’ham), LRCP, MRCS, MRSH, FRCS, FRCOG, DHMSA (Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist, Honorary Senior Teaching Fellow)
Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, The Royal London Hospital, England
R. S. Ledward BSc (Manchester), MR Pharm. Soc., MB, ChB (L’pool), DA, DM (N’ham), LRCP, MRCS, MRSH, FRCS, FRCOG, DHMSA (Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist, Honorary Senior Teaching Fellow)
Hammersmith Hospital, London, UK
D. F. Hawkins BSc, PhD, DSc, MB, BS (Lond), MD (Mass), FRCOG, FACOG (Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist, Emeritus Professor of Obstetric Therapeutics)
University of London, England
D. F. Hawkins BSc, PhD, DSc, MB, BS (Lond), MD (Mass), FRCOG, FACOG (Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist, Emeritus Professor of Obstetric Therapeutics)
Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, USA
L. Stern MD, FRCP(C) (Late Professor and Chairman of Pediatrics)

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Ledward, R.S., Hawkins, D.F., Stern, L. (1991). Vaccination and immunisation. In: Drug Treatment in Obstetrics. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-3296-9_4

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