Arthur Krigsman

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Arthur Krigsman, MD, ia a pediatrician, a gastroenterologist, an assistant professor of pediatrics at New York University Medical Center, and the clinical director of the Thoughtful House Center for Children. Dr. Krigsman specializes in the evaluation and treatment of gastrointestinal pathology common in children with autistic spectrum disorders, and has detailed the symptomatology and endoscopic/histopathologic character of autistic enterocolitis disease. He has presented his findings at many scientific and lay meetings in the United States and Canada, and has testified about aspects of the apparent autism epidemic before the U.S. House Committee on Government Reform. There have been reports that his current research, wherein 70 of the 82 children tested thus far have tested positive for measles virus in their intestinal lining, supports the findings of Andrew Wakefield, the United Kingdom gastroenterologist who first established that the MMR vaccine might be causing autism.[1] However, this evidence has not been subjected to peer review, is unpublished, and no controls were used.

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[edit] Education and early career

In 1989, Krigsman earned his MD at the State University of New York at Brooklyn. In 1992, he completed his pediatric residency at SUNY Brooklyn's Kings County Medical Center. Krigsmen then had two practices, one in general pediatrics and one in pediatric gastroenterology, and was the director of the pediatric GI program at Beth Israel Medical Center in Manhattan.

[edit] Former appointment

In 2000, Krigsman accepted a position at Lenox Hill Hospital in New York City, where he did all their consulting for several years. There, he cared for patients with common gastroenterology problems such as inflammatory bowel disease, recurrent abdominal pain, constipation, failure to thrive, etc. Krigsman resigned from Lennox Hill in December 2004, after a lawsuit following official investigations [2]. His research was also subjected to review by the Department of Health and Human Services Office for Human Research Protections [3].

[edit] Autism research

At Lenox Hill, Krigsman found the same pathology first described, in 1988, by Dr. Wakefield in a number of his own patients. "Actually, it was a number of different pathologists at our hospital that were reading the results, and they all had the same findings," according to Krigsman.[[4] Krigsman's treatment of children with autistic disorders has led him to conclude that the majority have gastrointestinal symptoms. Upon examination of these patients, he has found "a pattern of diffuse lymphonodular hyperplasia and multifocual non-specific acute and chronic enterocolitis," throughout the entire gastrointestinal tract.[5]

In testimony before a US Congressional committee, Krigsman reviewed his research findings on a series of 43 children diagnosed with autistic disorders who were afflicted by chronic gastrointestinal symptoms. He stated that the majority were found to have inflammation of the colon and terminal ileum, while 90% had lymphonodular hyperplasia of the terminal ileum. The findings, he reported, were consistent from patient to patient.[6]

It was announced in May, 2006, that ongoing scientific research on children with a condition, now known as autistic enterocolitis, would be presented by Krigsman at the International Meeting for Autism Research in Montreal, due to the significance of the study results, which have not yet published in a scientific journal. The research, which appears to corroborate Wakefield's controversial seminal research on the conditions and which still must be subjected to [[peer review], is being conducted by a team from the Wake Forest University School of Medicine in North Carolina], involves 275 children with regressive autism and bowel disease, 70 of the 82 patients tested thus far have tested positive for the measles virus. The strain is the same as the one used in the measles, mumps and rubella triple vaccine.[7] The team's leader, Dr. Stephen Walker, said: 'Of the handful of results we have in so far, all are vaccine strain and none are wild measles. This research proves that in the gastrointestinal tract of a number of children who have been diagnosed with regressive autism, there is evidence of measles virus."

However, so far none of these claimed scientific findings have been published in a peer-reviewed academic journal, and there are no publications listed for Krigsman on Pubmed.

[edit] Clinical autism cases

Krigsman has analyzed the cerebrospinal fluid of a number of patients. Among these patients is Matthew Birt, son of the late Safe Minds principal Liz Birt. Matthew was found to have high amounts of live measles virus in his cerebral spinal fluid.[8]

Another patient, Lawrence McGowan, arrived in New York from Britain to undergo medical tests that were unavailable to him in his homeland, where treatment for children with autism and gastrointestinal disorders is allegedly routinely denied by doctors and National Health Service hospitals. Laurence is the first of many British children with autism diagnoses, and possibly comorbid colitis, that Krigsman and Wakefield have agreed to treat. Parent activists claim there are at least 2,000 children with similar disorders who are unable to get treatment in the United Kingdom. According to the Daily Mail, "Finding any form of bowel disease in autistic children is not, it seems, a smart career move these days, so many doctors are refusing even to look."

Krigsman’s initial report on Lawrence revealed a ‘carpet’ of small, surface ulcers and patches of inflammation. Further confirmation from four medical sources indicate Lawrence's results conform in every detail with the disease first described by Wakefield in 1998 as autistic enterocolitis.[9]

[edit] Publication

  • 2002, Boris M; Goldblatt A; Krigsman A., "Laryngeal dysfunction: a common cause of respiratory distress, often misdiagnosed as asthma and responsive to antireflux therapy". Allgery Proceedings, vol 23, no 133

[edit] External links

  • briandeer.com 'Arthur Krigsman and Lennox Hill Hospital' (Court case judgment)
  • VaccineVeritas.com (pdf) - 'Interview with Dr. Arthur Krigsman: evaluation and treatment of gastrointestinal pathology, common in children with autistic spectrum disorder' (with Teri Small), AutismOne Radio
  • Telegraph.co.uk - 'US experts back MMR doctor's findings: The man whose research first raised concern over the vaccine's safety is winning support', Lorraine Fraser, The Daily Telegraph (June 23, 2002)
  • Telegraph.co.uk - 'US scientists back autism link to MMR', Beezy Marsh and Sally Beck, Daily Telegraph (May 28, 2006)
  • Yahoo.com - 'Does Laurence Prove That Some Doctors Want To Hide The Truth About MMR?' Sue Corrigan, Daily Mail (January, 2006)
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