PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - N Andrews AU - E Miller AU - B Taylor AU - R Lingam AU - A Simmons AU - J Stowe AU - P Waight TI - Recall bias, MMR, and autism AID - 10.1136/adc.87.6.493 DP - 2002 Dec 01 TA - Archives of Disease in Childhood PG - 493--494 VI - 87 IP - 6 4099 - http://adc.bmj.com/content/87/6/493.short 4100 - http://adc.bmj.com/content/87/6/493.full SO - Arch Dis Child2002 Dec 01; 87 AB - Parents of autistic children with regressive symptoms who were diagnosed after the publicity alleging a link with measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) vaccine tended to recall the onset as shortly after MMR more often than parents of similar children who were diagnosed prior to the publicity. This is consistent with the recall bias expected under such circumstances.