Macrophagic Myofasciitis
Chronic Immune Response is Reaction to Intramuscularly-Administered Vaccines Containing Aluminum
Published in Vaccine Weekly, December 20th, 2000
They say this chronic immune response is linked to intramuscular injection of aluminum-containing vaccines.
"Macrophagic myofasciitis (MMF) is an emerging condition characterized by a stereotypical infiltration of muscle and fascia by large macrophages with a granular PAS-positive content, intermingled with CD8+ T-cells," according to background information provided by Romain K. Gherardi and colleagues at the Groupe Hospitalier Pitie-Salpetriere, Paris. "MMF is usually detected in the deltoid muscle of patients with diffuse arthromyalgias and marked...
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Source: Vaccine Weekly (2000-12-20)
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