But it soon came to light that he had falsified his evidence, and his “research” was retracted. Wakefield was later banned from practicing medicine in his home country, the United Kingdom, for “serious professional misconduct.”
1998年，安德鲁·威克菲尔德（Andrew Wakefield）首次宣称麻疹、流行性腮腺炎和风疹疫苗与孤独症存在关系。但很快他就被曝光篡改了证据，并且他的“研究”已被收回。威克菲尔德随后因为“严重失职”被禁止在其祖国英国行医。