Wakefield's "autistic enterocolitis" under the microscope

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 340, Issue 7751, 2010, Pages 838-841

  Deer, Brian ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEASLES MUMPS RUBELLA VACCINE;

AUTISM; AUTISTIC ENTEROCOLITIS; BRAIN DISEASE; COLON BIOPSY; COLONOSCOPY; ENTERITIS; ENTEROCOLITIS; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INFANTILE AUTISM; INFLAMMATION; INFLAMMATORY CELL; MICROSCOPE; MISMATCH REPAIR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; VACCINATION; VALIDITY;

AUTISTIC DISORDER; BIOPSY; ENTEROCOLITIS; HUMANS; INFANT; MEASLES-MUMPS-RUBELLA VACCINE; OBSERVER VARIATION; SCIENTIFIC MISCONDUCT;

EID: 77951032660     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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