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Wednesday, March 24, 2004He said: “I do not make these allegations lightly . . . but there is very clear evidence pointing towards unethical conduct by the researchers — or by one or some of them — and equally strong evidence of failure and incompetence by the research ethics committee.” He said Dr Wakefield’s receipt of the payment did not appear to have been declared to the ethics committee, which could invalidate the approval he received for the original study protocol. Documents also show that the original protocol suggested that the team would investigate children with disintegrative disorder, an extreme, late-onset form of autism known as DD. As lumbar punctures would normally be conducted on these patients, there were good grounds for authorising the study. In the event, only one of the 12 children studied had a possible diagnosis of DD. The others were diagnosed with other conditions, none of which would normally provide grounds for a spinal tap. posted by Sydney on 3/24/2004 08:31:00 AM 0 comments 0 Comments: |
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