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Pandemic influenza vaccine & narcolepsy: simulations on the potential impact of bias

Leonoor WijnansDepartment of Medical Informatics Erasmus MC Rotterdam, The Netherlands;Pharmacotherapeutic group IV, Medicines Evaluation Board, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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Caitlin DoddDepartment of Medical Informatics Erasmus MC Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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Maria de RidderDepartment of Medical Informatics Erasmus MC Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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Silvana RomioDepartment of Medical Informatics Erasmus MC Rotterdam, The Netherlands;Department of Statistics and Quantitative Methods, Division of Biostatistics, Epidemiology and Public Health, Laboratory of Healthcare Research and Pharmacoepidemiology, University of Milano-Bicocca, Milan, Italy
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Daniel WeibelDepartment of Medical Informatics Erasmus MC Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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Sebastiaan OvereemSleep Medicine Center Kempenhaeghe, Heeze, The Netherlands
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Gert Jan LammersDepartment of Neurology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands;Sleep Wake Center SEIN Heemstede, Heemstede, The Netherlands
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Jan BonhoefferBrighton Collaboration Foundation, Basel, Switzerland;University Children’s Hospital, Basel, Switzerland
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Steve BlackCenter for Global Health, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital, Cincinnati, OH, USA
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Miriam SturkenboomDepartment of Medical Informatics Erasmus MC Rotterdam, The NetherlandsCorrespondence[email protected]
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Pages 573-584 | Received 11 Dec 2015, Accepted 07 Mar 2016, Published online: 31 Mar 2016

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