Details

Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Feeney, M
• Clegg, A
• Winwood, P
• Snook, J

Titel

A case-control study of measles vaccination and inflammatory bowel disease

Ist Teil von

• The Lancet (British edition), 1997-09, Vol.13, p.764-766

Erscheinungsjahr

1997

Quelle

Psychology & Behavioral Sciences Collection

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Reports a case-control study of 140 patients with IBS (including 83 with Crohn's disease) born in or after 1968, and 280 controls matched for age, sex and GP area, designed to assess the influence of measles vaccination on later development of IBD. Documentary evidence of childhood vaccination history was sought from GP and community health records. Findings provide no support for the hypothesis that measles vaccination in childhood predisposes to the later development of either IBD overall or Crohn's disease in particular. (Original abstract-amended)