PEDIATRICS Vol. 99 No. 3 March 1997, pp. 499
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To the Editor.
In the May 1996 issue of Pediatrics, Dr. Vlacha and
collaborators presented a case of recurrent thrombocytopenic purpura
after measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) vaccination. The possibility that MMR vaccine may exacerbate chronic or recurrent thrombocytopenia was also raised in their discussion. Although case reports linking measles-containing vaccines to thrombocytopenia have appeared in the
medical literature for several
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