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Appendix D: Research Needs and Opportunities Related to the Measles-Mumps-Rubella Vaccine and Autism
Pages 85-86

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... The Metropolitan Atlanta Birth Defects Study has added school-based surveillance for autism and other conditions classified as pervasive developmental disorders. More than 400 cases have been identified between 1995 and 1998.
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... Research studies might also explore whether identifiable features of genetics, immune function, or other factors predispose some children to an adverse vaccine reaction and whether the brain can be protected in such children. For example, animal models point to changes in brain vulnerability as neonates age, so the effect of changes in the timing of immunization might be studied.
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