Lancet retracts article linking vaccines and autism
The journal Lancet has retracted the 1998 article linking mercury in vaccines.
The text from the editors is short:
Following the judgment of the UK General Medical Council's Fitness to Practise Panel on Jan 28, 2010, it has become clear that several elements of the 1998 paper by Wakefield et al are incorrect, contrary to the findings of an earlier investigation. In particular, the claims in the original paper that children were "consecutively referred" and that investigations were "approved" by the local ethics committee have been proven to be false. Therefore we fully retract this paper from the published record.
Read news about this retraction at the New York Times
For more on the controversy surrounding vaccines and autism:
Want to keep up with the literature? See More from the Literature
The text from the editors is short:
Following the judgment of the UK General Medical Council's Fitness to Practise Panel on Jan 28, 2010, it has become clear that several elements of the 1998 paper by Wakefield et al are incorrect, contrary to the findings of an earlier investigation. In particular, the claims in the original paper that children were "consecutively referred" and that investigations were "approved" by the local ethics committee have been proven to be false. Therefore we fully retract this paper from the published record.
Read news about this retraction at the New York Times
For more on the controversy surrounding vaccines and autism:
- View the original citation in PubMed to connect to various critiques and commentaries, as well as 2004 partial retraction, from the past 12 years.
- Or look for books available at the Duke libraries on vaccines and autism.
Want to keep up with the literature? See More from the Literature
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