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To the Editor: The publication of a controlled epidemiologic study on the measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) vaccine and autism (Nov. 7 issue)¹ represents a major advance. The great volume of material circulating on the Internet about a possible link between the MMR vaccine and autism cannot undermine the strength of the design. However, the study has some methodologic problems. A review of the clinical records for only 40 of the 316 children with autistic disorder is inadequate. That was clear in another review, which focused on 493 self-selected British children with autistic syndrome²: without a multidisciplinary review of . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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