Re: Profile of suspected MSBP perpetrators -Reply -Reply

["Michael Ryan" <MichaeR2@xxxxxxxxxx>]

ITP = Idiopathic Thrombocytopaenic Purpura.
Results from a reduction of platlets presumably the
result of a viral illness.

dx  = diagnosis.

Michael Ryan


>>> "Joan (Jody) Crowley"
<jcrowley@xxxxxxxx> 29/May/1999 05:13am
>>>
> The point I was making in respect of Dr
Scheibner's dicta is the alleged
> use of MSBP as a weapon against complaining
parents - which appeared in
> 1998 - rather than her standing in the
pro-anti-vaccination debate.
> 
snip

> One study in the Lancet in 1995 demonstrated a
causal relationship
> between MMR and ITP which (apparently) was
not perceived prior to an
> experimental positive reporting system showing a
5 fold under-reporting of
> the condition.

Could people please spell out their acronyms?  I
figure that MSBP is 
Munchausen's Syndrome by Proxy, and MMR might
be measles, mumps and 
rubella vaccine, but I'm clueless about ITP.  Another
author refered to dx, 
which someone might not know is an abbreviation
for diagnosis.  Clarity helps. 
 

Thanks, 
Jody Crowley

Joan (Jody) Crowley
Assistant Professor
Department of Criminal Justice
New Mexico State University
Box 30001, Dept 3487
Las Cruces, NM 88003-0001
505-646-5376