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Appendix C: Glossary
Pages 335-341

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... Anaphylaxis. Generalized anaphylaxis is an acute, often explosive, systemic reaction characterized by pruritus, generalized flush, hives, respiratory distress, and vascular collapse and, occasionally, by seizures, vomiting, abdominal cramps, and incontinence.
From page 336...
... and of the likelihoods of that characteristic in healthy and diseased individuals. The most familiar application is in clinical decision analysis where it is used for estimating the probability of a particular diagnosis given the appearance of some symptom or test result.
From page 337...
... Stevens-Johnson syndrome is a rare, severe, potentially fatal form of erythema multiforme that is associated with bullous lesions. Experimental allergic encephalomyelitis.
From page 338...
... To make biologically inactive, as viruses or bacteria, toxins, or serum complement, by any of various means, such as by physical means (exposure to X rays, ultraviolet irradiation, or heating) or by exposure to chemical agents or to immunologic antagonists.
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... . A passive surveillance system designed and monitored by the Centers for Disease Control for the purpose of collecting nationwide data on adverse events temporally associated with receipt of vaccines purchased with federal, state, or local government funds.
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... Generally derived from controlled cohort studies or clinical trials. If used in conjunction with adverse events following immunization, when the adverse event under study is rare, the odds ratio is a good estimate of the RR.
From page 341...
... Transverse myelitis. A clinical syndrome characterized by the acute onset of signs of spinal cord disease, usually involving the descending motor tracts and the ascending sensory fibers, suggesting a lesion at one level of the spinal cord.


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