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Risk of Seizures after Measles-Mumps-Rubella Immunization Pediatrics 88:881-885, Griffin,M.R.,et al, 1991 See this aricle in Pubmed Article Abstract To evaluate the risks of seizures and other neurologic events following measles-mumps-rubella(MMR)or measles-rubella(MR)immunization,a retrospective cohort study was conducted among 18 364 Tennessee children enrolled in Medicaid who received MMR or MR immunizations in their first 3 years of life.One hundred children had seizures at some time between immunization and 36 months,there were no encephalopathies during this period.Four children had febrile seizures in the 7 through 14 days following MMR or MR immunization compared with 72 in the interval 30 or more days following MMR or MR immunization yielding a relative risk(95% confidence interval)of 2.1(0.7 to 6.4).Although not statistically significant,this increase in febrile seizures in the 7-through 14-day interval following MMR immunization is coincident with the occurrence of fever following MMR immunization and is consistent with reports of other investigators.

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