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Autistic Children No More Likely Than Others To See Doctors After MMR.(Brief Article)
2001 MAY 9 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) --
by N.R. Saltmarsh, staff medical writer - Adding to the ongoing debate over a purported link between the measles, mumps, rubella (MMR) vaccine and a diagnosis of autism, a study by researchers in England is unable to support any association.
Reports had indicated that MMR vaccine was quickly followed by a dramatic deterioration of behavior in children who were subsequently diagnosed with autism. S. Dewilde and colleagues at St. George Hospital, London, proposed that if that were true, it would be reflected in the medical record, with autistic children seeing their doctors more often than non-autistic children soon after MMR vaccination.
They used a national medical database to compare normal and autistic children in terms of post-MMR consults ("Do children who become autistic consult more often after MMR vaccination?" British Journal of General Practice, 2001;51(464):226-227).
"No difference in consulting behavior was seen in the six months post-MMR," ...
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