Posted by Eugene Volokh:
Alleged Misreporting of Data in *Lancet* Study Connecting Autism to Vaccine:
http://volokh.com/archives/archive_2009_02_08-2009_02_14.shtml#1234107891
The [1]Times (London) reports:
THE doctor who sparked the scare over the safety of the MMR vaccine
for children changed and misreported results in his research,
creating the appearance of a possible link with autism, a Sunday
Times investigation has found....
The [original] research was published in February 1998 in an
article in The Lancet medical journal. It claimed that the families
of eight out of 12 children attending a routine clinic at the
hospital had blamed MMR for their autism, and said that problems
came on within days of the jab. The team also claimed to have
discovered a new inflammatory bowel disease underlying the
children�s conditions.
However, our investigation, confirmed by evidence presented to the
General Medical Council (GMC), reveals that: In most of the 12
cases, the children�s ailments as described in The Lancet were
different from their hospital and GP records. Although the research
paper claimed that problems came on within days of the jab, in only
one case did medical records suggest this was true, and in many of
the cases medical concerns had been raised before the children were
vaccinated. Hospital pathologists, looking for inflammatory bowel
disease, reported in the majority of cases that the gut was normal.
This was then reviewed and the Lancet paper showed them as
abnormal....
Thanks to [2]InstaPundit.
References
1. http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/health/article5683671.ece
2. http://pajamasmedia.com/instapundit/69088/
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