Hexavalent vaccine and strabismus: data from the Italian spontaneous reporting system

Abstract

Strabismus is a visual problem in which the eyes are not aligned properly and point in different directions.It is a common condition among children since about 4% of them have strabismus.Single reports of strabismus associated to palsy of cranial nerves attributed to vaccines have been reported2, none of them related to hexavalent vaccine.Strabismus is not reported in the Summary Product Information (SPC) of hexavalent vaccine. Twenty-six cases of strabismus are present in the database, 17 of them related to hexavalent vaccine

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