A message from Malcolm Hooper re. the JCP

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References:

1) *Hooper retracts CFS paper*

by " Dr. Marc- Fluks " at Co-Cure:

http://listserv.nodak.edu/cgi-bin/wa.exe?A2=ind0807a & L=co-cure & T=0 & F= & S= & P=903

2) *Professor Hooper has not Retracted his JCP

Paper* -by Ralph at Co-Cure:

http://listserv.nodak.edu/cgi-bin/wa.exe?A2=ind0807a & L=co-cure & T=0 & F= & S= & P=5362

The statement below is from Professor Malcolm

Hooper, with reference to the spiteful imputations

directed to him by Marc Fluks, who posted this not

only to Co-Cure, but repeated this several times on

his ME NET. Even after the message, posted by

Ralph on Co-Cure and by me on the ME NET,

in which between other things was stated:

*....The title of Dr. Marc- Fluks' Co-Cure

posting of 2 July 2008 " Hooper retracts CFS paper " is

misleading as Professor Hooper has NOT in fact

retracted his paper entitled: Myalgic Encephalo

myelitis: a review with emphasis on key findings in

biomedical research. J Clin Pathol

2007;60:466-471....*

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Marc Fluks writes on his NET the most terrible lies

and insinuations about well-known researchers (in

Dutch!!), while he was thrown from the university

himself, as soon as he finished his study

astro-physica. He is without work for many years now

and pretend to be a physician by putting " Dr. " before

his name on every message he send out. But he

knows as much about medical science as the

average, well-informed patient..

~jvr

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Professor Hooper's statement:

" Attention is drawn to the recently-released

apology from the Journal of Clinical Pathology

regarding the alleged retraction of the Review

'Myalgic Encephalomyelitis: a review with

emphasis on key findings in biomedical research'

by Professor Malcolm Hooper.

Professor Hooper notes that the immoderate and

malicious comments which were posted on the

internet regarding his paper have been shown to

be false. He is saddened that such comments

from those who profess to have the best interests

of the ME community at heart have caused

distress, dismay and confusion within the wider

ME community " .

Many thanks.

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http://jcp.bmj.com

http://jcp.bmj.com/misc/hooper.dtl

The BMJ Group wishes to inform readers that a

series of technical errors resulted in the

unjustified retraction of the article " Myalgic

Encephalomyelitis: a review with emphasis on key

findings in biomedical research " .

The article's citation details remain as originally

published (J Clin Pathol 2007; 60: 466 - 471;

doi:10.1136/jcp.2006.042408).

The Journal of Clinical Pathology offers an

unreserved apology to the author of the article,

Professor Malcolm Hooper, and regrets any

confusion or distress that may have been caused.