Wolfgang,

Dis a little more looking and the agreement (the ones I think make sense anyway) question whether HIV is the sole agent.

I also took the lazy way out and talked to a friend at the local University Med Center. He sort of aggraded. There are enough blips in the data to indicate that, while HIV may be the primary cause, it may not explain all the symptoms. He maintains that the peer review literature is pretty consistent.

But to play devils advocate, back in the 80's I read an article that was an analysis of statistical methodology in peer review medical journals (the Lancet, New England Journal of Medicine and so on). They found that there was a high rate of misuse of statistical methodology (not deliberately) that tended to invalidate the conclusions. I think it was something on the order of 60%. Wondered if you'd seen anything similar or more current?

Regards

John