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Acute encephalopathy followed by permanent brain injury or death

Journal: Pediatrics
Lead Author: Weibel, et al.
Original date of publication: 03/01/1998
Link: https://publications.aap.org/pediatrics/article-abstract/101/3/383/61917/Acute-Encephalopathy-Followed-by-Permanent-Brain?autologincheck=redirected

Summary Context

This study in the very mainstream Pediatrics journal outlines and reviews 48 cases of encephalopathy followed by brain damage and death after MMR vaccination or Measles vaccination alone

Comments

This is a medical records case report showing how MMR vaccines and measles vaccine alone, may cause exephalopathy, followerd by brain injury and death, with statistically significant findings. A study of 48 children with significant vaccine damage, eight of whom died.

Abstract or Results, Key Passages

“This clustering suggests that a causal relationship between measles vaccine and encephalopathy may exist as a rare complication of measles immunization.”


Keywords: adverse eventsautismbrain damagechildrenMMR vaccination
Full Author List: Weibel, Caserta, et al.