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Thorax. 1993 May; 48(5): 580–581.
doi: 10.1136/thx.48.5.580
PMCID: PMC464532
PMID: 8322254

Pulmonary and cutaneous vasculitis following hepatitis B vaccination

Martin B Allen, Paul Cockwell, and Richard L Page
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Abstract

The case history is presented of a previously healthy non-atopic woman who developed cutaneous vasculitis, confirmed by biopsy, and pulmonary problems after inoculation with recombinant hepatitis B vaccine.

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