MMR and autism: the canard is finally buried
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Recall bias, MMR, and autism.
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.
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عنوان ژورنال: Sri Lanka Journal of Child Health
سال: 2009
ISSN: 2386-110X,1391-5452
DOI: 10.4038/sljch.v37i4.299