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http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/cgi/content/abstract/101/3/383

PEDIATRICS Vol. 101 No. 3 March 1998, pp. 383-387

Acute Encephalopathy Followed by Permanent Brain Injury or

Death Associated With Further Attenuated Measles Vaccines: A Review of

Claims Submitted to the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program

Received Jul 30, 1997; accepted

Sep 23, 1997.

E. Weibel*, Vito Caserta*,

E.

Benor

, and Geoffrey *

From the * Division of Vaccine Injury Compensation, National

Vaccine Injury Compensation Program, Health Resources and Services

Administration, Public Health Service, Rockville, land; and the

Office of the General Counsel, United States Department of Health and

Human Services, Rockville, land.

Objective. To determine if there is evidence for a causal

relationship between acute encephalopathy followed by permanent

brain injury or death associated with the administration of

further attenuated measles vaccines (Attenuvax or Lirugen,

Hoechst n Roussel, Kansas City, MO), mumps vaccine

(Mumpsvax, Merck and Co, Inc, West Point, PA), or rubella

vaccines (Meruvax or Meruvax II, Merck and Co, Inc, West

Point, PA), combined measles and rubella vaccine (M-R-Vax or

M-R-Vax II, Merck and Co, Inc, West Point, PA), or combined

measles, mumps, and rubella vaccine (M-M-R or M-M-R II, Merck

and Co, Inc, West Point, PA), the lead author reviewed claims

submitted to the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program.

Methods. The medical records of children who met the

inclusion criteria of receiving the first dose of these vaccines

between 1970 and 1993 and who developed such an encephalopathy

with no determined cause within 15 days were identified and

analyzed.

Results. A total of 48 children, ages 10 to 49 months,

met the inclusion criteria after receiving measles vaccine, alone or

in combination. Eight children died, and the remainder had

mental regression and retardation, chronic seizures, motor and

sensory deficits, and movement disorders. The onset of

neurologic signs or symptoms occurred with a nonrandom,

statistically significant distribution of cases on days 8 and

9. No cases were identified after the administration of

monovalent mumps or rubella vaccine.

Conclusions. This clustering suggests that a causal

relationship between measles vaccine and encephalopathy may exist as

a rare complication of measles immunization.

Key words: measles vaccine, encephalopathy,

encephalitis.

Sheri Nakken, R.N., MA, Hahnemannian

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