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Melvin D. Yahr, MD; Joao Lobo-Antunes, MD

Arch Neurol. 1972;27(2):182-183.

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IMMUNIZATION against influenza is extensively in use at the present time. Though a number of adverse systemic reactions are induced by this vaccine, the occurrence of neurological disorders appears to be exceedingly rare. To date only three cases^1-3 have been reported, all of an encephalomyelitic nature with recovery and no sequelae. We have recently encountered a fourth case with an unusual sequence of episodic neurological events.

Report of a Case

A 25-year-old woman enjoyed good health until May 1971, when, two days after receiving a third injection of influenza virus vaccine, bivalent USP (Zonomune), she became febrile and complained of headache and malaise. These symptoms lasted for four days and subsided. Two days later she again complained of headache, this time associated with vertigo, nausea, and neck pain; within the next few days became confused, disoriented, and markedly ataxic. Her speech is reported to have been slurred, there . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
New York

From the Department of Neurology, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University and the New York Neurological Institute, New York.

Footnotes
Accepted for publication April 26, 1972.

Reprint requests to the New York Neurological Institute, 710 W 168 St, New York 10032 (Dr. Yahr).

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