Story The story for this post is the commonly heard report that the MMR vaccine causes Autism. A major scientific study related to this is a 1998 article in The Lancet in which Dr. Andrew Wakefield is the first author. Below are links to that article and some other related items. Science Ileal-lymphoid-nodular hyperplasia, non-specific colitis, and pervasive developmental disorder in children The Lancet. 1998 February 28. Volume 351, No. 9103. p637-641 Full-Text is free. http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(97)11096-0/abstract A commentary published in the same issue as the article above: Vaccine adverse events: causal or coincidental? The Lancet. 1998 February 28. Volume 351, No. 9103. p611-612 Full-Text is free if you register for a free account. http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(05)78423-3/abstract Three weeks later (which was also three issues of the The Lancet later), in pages 905-909 of the Correspondence section, there are 7 letters to the editor, 2 Author's Replies, and 1 Editor's Reply. The Lancet. 1998 March 21. Volume 351, No. 9106. p905-909 Full-Text is free. Pages 905-906 Pages 907-908 Page 909 The correspondence above is the first in response in The Lancet to the original article. In the weeks and years that follow, there are more articles and correspondence between the authors, editors, and those that write letters to the editor. For now, I have only included these first ones. Partial Retraction in Retraction of an Interpretation The Lancet. 2004 March 6. Volume 363, No. 9411. p750 Full-Text is free if you register for a free account. http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(04)15715-2/abstract The following articles are all in the same issue as the partial retraction. All are Full-Text for free if you register for a free account. The lessons of MMR p747-749 A statement by the editors of The Lancet p820-821 A statement by Dr Simon Murch p821-822 A statement by Professor John Walker-Smith p822-823 A statement by Dr Andrew Wakefield p823-824 A statement by The Royal Free and University College Medical School and The Royal Free Hampstead NHS Trust p824 Retraction--Ileal-lymphoid-nodular hyperplasia, non-specific colitis, and pervasive developmental disorder in children The Lancet. 2010 February 6. Volume 375, No. 9713. p445 Full-Text is free if you register for a free account. http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(10)60175-4/abstract
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