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2001 MAR 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) --
A report from Britain's Public Health Laboratory Service warns that the measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) vaccine is linked to a bleeding disorder called idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP) in children.
The study, by Dr. Elizabeth Miller and her colleagues at PHLS and the Royal Free Hospital, was published in the February 21, 2001, issue of the Archives of Disease in Childhood.
ITP is caused by a shortage of platelets, the cells that give blood its "stickiness," and is characterized by bleeding under the skin. Around one in 10,000 people has the condition. In children, it is often preceded by a viral infection.
The researchers analyzed records on hospital admissions for ITP. The records included all children under the age of five admitted within six weeks of MMR vaccination in the South East Thames and North East Thames regions of London between October 1991 and September 1994.
There were 28 admissions for 21 children up to the age of two who had been vaccinated with MMR. Of these, nine children had been admitted within six weeks; none had had ITP ...
Source: HighBeam Research, MMR Vaccine Linked To Bleeding Disorder.(measles, mumps, and rubella...