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. 2001 Mar;84(3):227-9.
doi: 10.1136/adc.84.3.227.

Idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura and MMR vaccine

E Miller  1 , P Waight, C P Farrington, N Andrews, J Stowe, B Taylor
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Idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura and MMR vaccine

E Miller et al. Arch Dis Child. 2001 Mar.

Abstract

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.

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