further BMJ responses on Wakefield

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Wakefield's retracted article

25 March 2010

Sylvia J. Sage,

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Re: Wakefield's retracted article

Wakefield's name has

been dragged through the mud, and a lot of rumors have surrounded his

retracted article. I have the retracted article at hand.

Anyone who thinks that Wakefield did not state a hypothesis, should read

the last paragraph on page 639. It states, " ...inflamed or

dysfunctional intestine may play a part in behaviorial changes in some

children. " In other words, inflammatory bowel disease could

exacerbate autism. That is a sound hypothesis that is backed by

scientific findings to support that possibility.

The article did make an association between the MMR and inflammatory

bowel disease, but the article states, " We did not prove an

association between measles, mumps, and rubella vaccine and the syndrome

described. " In other words, they did not prove that the MMR caused

the inflammatory bowel disease associated with behaviorial symptoms.

The article also suggested that these autistic children could have a

genetic susceptibility--the inability to handle viruses appropriately,

including inattenuated viruses.

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A travesty of justice

25 March 2010

karl l reichelt,

MD,PhD Senior reseracher.

Department of pediatric research ,Univ of Oslo,Rikshospitalet ,N-0027

Oslo ,Norway

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Re: A travesty of justice

Dr A Wakefield did not

state that MMR was the cause of regressive autism but that he was struck

by the frequent suspicion of parents. Furthermore the small primary

series has been extended(1) and confirmed by others(2)and others.. As

most viruses are immunosuppressive , it is a bit strange to inject three

all at once .(I have sought answer to this ,but the vaccination champions

have so far remained silent) I have repeatedly listened to Wakefield and

if anything his data are impressive and very carefully presented and

evaluated.All new hypotheses needs lots of follow up work, but should not

be banned because of a preliminary nature.

To me the tradition of English fair play has clearly been set aside for

no good reason at all. A profession that has condoned major surgery

including lobotomies etc is hardly capable of judging minor

infringements, blown up out of proportion. How our profession has been

able do condone massive psychodynamic interventions in disorders that

have a strong heridtary component (In Autism shown by Sir M Rutter) ,

remains a much more serious ethical dilemma if not a serious problem.

1. Wakefield AJ et al ( 2000) Am J gastroenterol 95: 2285-2295

2.Krigsman A (2007) Medical veritas 4: 1522-1530

Competing interests: I work on peptide s, dietary intervention and

autism

Sheri Nakken, R.N., MA, Hahnemannian

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