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Vaccine Safety

Clinical trials show similar safety outcomes including febrile convulsion rates for GSK’s and Merck’s measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) vaccines

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Article: 2188852 | Received 14 Sep 2022, Accepted 06 Mar 2023, Published online: 29 Mar 2023

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