Wakefield's Study Retracted

On February 2, 2010 the Lancel officially retracted an Andrew Wakefield study. To quote the journal:


"Retraction—Ileal-lymphoid-nodular hyperplasia,
non-specific colitis, and pervasive developmental disorder
in children
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 al1 are incorrect, contrary to the findings of an earlier investigation.2 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.

The Editors of The Lancet

The Lancet, London NW1 7BY, UK

1 Wakefield AJ, Murch SH, Anthony A, et al. Ileal-lymphoid-nodular
hyperplasia, non-specific colitis, and pervasive developmental disorder in
children. Lancet 1998; 351: 637–41.

2 Hodgson H. A statement by The Royal Free and University College Medical
School and The Royal Free Hampstead NHS Trust. Lancet 2004; 363: 824."