(CN) — A vaccination, a cascade of unexplained symptoms and years of legal back-and-forth came to a head Thursday, as Europe’s top court clarified when the clock starts ticking for injury claims and how long patients really have to act.
A French woman, identified as LF, took vaccine maker Sanofi Pasteur to court after receiving a diphtheria, tetanus and polio shot in 2003 and falling ill in the years that followed. By the following year, she was dealing with a string of symptoms, from persistent pain and infections to extreme fatigue, before medical examinations in 2008 identified macrophagic myofasciitis, indicating the presence of aluminum residues.
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