RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura and MMR vaccine
JF Archives of Disease in Childhood
JO Arch Dis Child
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health
SP 227
OP 229
DO 10.1136/adc.84.3.227
VO 84
IS 3
A1 E Miller
A1 P Waight
A1 C P Farrington
A1 N Andrews
A1 J Stowe
A1 B Taylor
YR 2001
UL http://adc.bmj.com/content/84/3/227.abstract
AB A CAUSAL ASSOCIATION BETWEEN MEASLES mumps–rubella (MMR) vaccine and idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP) was confirmed using immunisation/hospital admission record linkage. The absolute risk within six weeks of immunisation was 1 in 22 300 doses, with two of every three cases occurring in the six week post-immunisation period being caused by MMR. Children with ITP before MMR had no vaccine associated recurrences.