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MMR vaccination and febrile seizures
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MMR vaccination and febrile seizures

Mads Melbye, Anders Hviid, Diana Schendel, Poul Thorsen, Jan Wohlfahrt, Jorn Olsen, Mogens Vestergaard and Kreesten Meldgaard Madsen
JAMA : the journal of the American Medical Association, Vol.292(3), p351
21 Jul 2004

Abstract

Causes of Febrile convulsions Fever in children Measles-mumps-rubella vaccine Risk factors
Millions of children are vaccinated with the measles, mumps, rubella (MMR) vaccine annually and the safety of this vaccine is of prime concern to researchers with tests being conducted to estimate incidence rate ratios (RRs) following this vaccination. It was found that there is an increased rate of febrile seizures after MMR vaccination but the risk difference was smaller in high-risk children.

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