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HPV Vaccine Safe, Effective in Girls with JIA
HPV Vaccine Safe, Effective in Girls with JIA
J Smith
20110819
2011 Sept 19
Elsevier Global Medical News
HPV Vaccine Safe, Effective in Girls with JIA
Elsevier Global Medical News. 2011 Sept 19, J Smith
BRUGES, BELGIUM (EGMN) - A vaccine to prevent human papilloma virus infection, thereby limiting the risk for cervical cancer, has been found to be safe and effective in girls with juvenile idiopathic arthritis.No changes in disease activity or differences in the girls' ability to mount healthy antibody titers compared with healthy controls occurred, according to investigator Dr. Marloes Heijstek. However, while the vaccine was also shown not to influence disease activity in girls with systemic lupus...