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MMR

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MMR

Abbreviation for:
masseter muscle rigidity
maternal mortality rate
measles, mumps and rubella (immunisation) (Medspeak-UK) 
Medication Management Review (Australia)
megacornea-mental retardation syndrome
mildly mentally retarded
mismatch repair
mouth-to-mouth resuscitation
mutation in mismatch repair
myocardial metabolic rate
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Patient discussion about MMR

Q. Do you know about Autism and Vaccinations? Dr. Andrew Wakefield, a famous doctor for children at the Royal Free Hospital in London made in 1998 following report...

A. this is not true!!!! as you can check in this quote from the Cochrane library:
"Measles, mumps and rubella are three very dangerous infectious diseases which cause a heavy disease, disability and death burden in the developing world. Researchers from the Cochrane Vaccines Field reviewed 139 studies conducted to assess the effects of the live attenuated combined vaccine to prevent measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) in children. MMR protects children against infections of the upper airways but very rarely may cause a benign form of bleeding under the skin and milder forms of measles, mumps and rubella. NO CREDIBLE EVIDENCE of an involvement of MMR with either autism or Crohn's disease was found. No field studies of the vaccine's effectiveness were found but the impact of mass immunisation on the elimination of the diseases has been demonstrated worldwide."

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(1) reported a statistically significant relationship between the age of receipt of the first MMR vaccine and autism incidence in school-aged children in their case-control study, which used a 1:3 case-control matching.
Parents must ensure their child is fully vaccinated for MMR HSE SPOKESMAN LIMERICK YESTERDAY
The study by McMeekin and colleagues shows MMR-defective tumors have poor prognostic features but the same survival as those with MMR proficiency or good prognostic features.
Contact MMR on tel 01491 824999 or visit www.mmr-research.com
The Biograph mMR shows the greatest promise in oncologic and neurologic applications where MR and PET have proven their clinical value, Siemens said.
The MMR vaccination programme suffered a heavy blow when Dr Andrew Wakefield suggested a link between the jab, bowel disease and autism in the late 1990s.
Children are given their first MMR vaccination at 13 months.
It may seem plausible as autistic characteristics manifest themselves in children between two and five, the same age window in which MMR is given.
It has given local health trusts pounds 30,000 each to campaign to get every child under 18 vaccinated with MMR.
Postpartum MMR immunisation uptake in non-immune women.
MMR is a vaccine used to prevent measles, mumps and rubella.
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