|
: Arthritis Rheum 1996 Sep;39(9):1529-1534 |
Erratum in:
·
Arthritis Rheum 1996 Nov;39(11):1930
Chronic arthropathy and musculoskeletal
symptoms associated with rubella vaccines. A review of 124 claims submitted to
the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program.
Weibel RE, Benor DE.
National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program, US Public Health Service,
Rockville, Maryland 20857, USA.
OBJECTIVE: To report the outcome of 124 claims of chronic arthropathy
associated with rubella vaccine submitted to the National Vaccine Injury
Compensation Program. METHODS: Medical records and testimony were reviewed
separately by physicians and Special Masters to determine the clinical
diagnosis and eligibility for compensation under the Program. RESULTS: Among
the 124 subjects with chronic arthropathy, the onset occurred between 1 week
and 6 weeks after the rubella vaccination in 72, and < 1 week or > 6
weeks after the vaccination in 52. Various conditions developed in the 2 onset
groups (1-6 weeks postvaccination, < 1 week or > 6 weeks postvaccination),
including, respectively, unspecified arthritis (n = 29, n = 1), specified
arthritis (n = 11, n = 19), arthralgia (n = 24, n = 7), fibromyalgia (n = 4, n
= 11), and multiple symptoms with minimal arthralgia or myalgia (n = 4, n =
14). Concordance of medical recommendations by Program physicians and Special
Masters' decisions in 56 completed claims was 91%, with awards mainly to
patients with chronic unspecified arthritis and arthralgia. CONCLUSION: The
Program and the US Court of Federal Claims have accepted a causal relationship
between currently used rubella vaccine in the US and some chronic arthropathy
with an onset between 1 week and 6 weeks after vaccine administration.
PMID: 8814065 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
ALL
INFORMATION, DATA, AND MATERIAL CONTAINED, PRESENTED, OR PROVIDED HERE IS FOR
GENERAL INFORMATION PURPOSES ONLY AND IS NOT TO BE CONSTRUED AS REFLECTING THE
KNOWLEDGE OR OPINIONS OF THE PUBLISHER, AND IS NOT TO BE CONSTRUED OR INTENDED
AS PROVIDING MEDICAL OR LEGAL ADVICE. THE DECISION WHETHER OR NOT TO
VACCINATE IS AN IMPORTANT AND COMPLEX ISSUE AND SHOULD BE MADE BY YOU, AND YOU
ALONE, IN CONSULTATION WITH YOUR HEALTH CARE PROVIDER.