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Ileal-lymphoid-nodular hyperplasia, non-specific colitis, and pervasive developmental disorder in children
Andrew J. Wakefield,S. H. Murch,A Anthony,J Linnell,D M Casson,M Malik,M Berelowitz,Ap Dhillon,Mike Thomson,Peter Harvey,A Valentine,S Davies,J A Walker-Smith +12 more
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In this paper, the authors investigated a consecutive series of children with chronic enterocolitis and regressive developmental disorder, and identified associated gastrointestinal disease and developmental regression in a group of previously normal children, which was generally associated in time with possible environmental triggers.About:
This article is published in The Lancet.The article was published on 1998-02-28. It has received 2505 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Pervasive developmental disorder & Lymphoid hyperplasia.read more
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The Lancet’s two days to bury bad news
TL;DR: In the third part of a special BMJ series, Brian Deer reveals what happened when he reported misconduct in Andrew Wakefield's MMR research to the medical journal that published it.
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The human rights context for ethical requirements for involving people with intellectual disability in medical research.
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Emergency contraception: dispelling the myths and misperceptions
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Complementary medicine and childhood immunisation: A critical review.
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Vaccine components and constituents: responding to consumer concerns.
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Alpha-1-antitrypsin, autism, and cœliac disease
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The Autistic Spectrum
TL;DR: A simple system of subgrouping based solely on a description of the type of social impairment will be used, which avoids the confusion inherent in trying to identify the named syndromes.
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Abnormal intestinal permeability in children with autism.
Patrizia D'Eufemia,Mauro Celli,R. Finocchiaro,Lucia Pacifico,L Viozzi,M. Zaccagnini,Ettore Cardi,Omero Giardini +7 more
TL;DR: It is speculated that an altered intestinal permeability could represent a possible mechanism for the increased passage through the gut mucosa of peptides derived from foods with subsequent behavioural abnormalities.
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A neurochemical theory of autism
TL;DR: Panksepp et al. as discussed by the authors put forward the idea that autism is an emotional disturbance arising from an upset in the opiate systems in the brain, and hence proposed, as a possibility, opiate antagonist therapy for the autistic syndrome.