In 1998 a team of authors at the Royal Free Hospital and

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In 1998 a team of authors at the Royal Free Hospital and School of Medicine in London reported on a group of 12 pediatric patients with gastrointestinal disorders but who otherwise appeared healthy all of whom developed autism as young toddlers In eight of these patients their parent or physician reported that the onset of autism symptoms was within approximately one week of receiving the measles mumps and rubella MMR vaccine What can you reasonably conclude from the data described here O The MMR vaccine causes autism in 2 3 of toddlers with gastrointestinal disorders Autism may be correlated with gastrointestinal disorders O The MMR vaccine causes autism in toddlers with gastrointestinal disorders O The MMR vaccine causes autism