Immunization (Adverse Effects)

Timing of Pediatric Vaccines Possibly Linked to Development of Type 1 Diabetes

Published in Hepatitis Weekly, November 10th, 1997

Up to 25 percent of cases of insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (IDDM) that occur before age 15 may possibly be prevented by immunizing children with common pediatric vaccines at birth, rather than waiting until up to eight weeks of life.

This is according to a new epidemiological study by David C. Classen, M.D., LDS Hospital in Salt Lake City, Utah, and Classen Immunotherapies in Baltimore, Maryland, and Barthelow Classen, M.D., M.B.A., also of Classen.

Results of the analysis suggest that the timing of common pediatric immunizations may alter the development of insulin-dependent diabetes in humans. The Classens say vaccines given at birth may...

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Source: Hepatitis Weekly (1997-11-10)

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