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A Retraction of the Original Research Article
Effect of weekly long-acting growth hormone replacement therapy compared to daily growth hormone on children with short stature: a meta-analysis
by Ma L, Li L, Pan W, Huang C, Liu L and Zhang X (2021). Front. Endocrinol. 12:726172. doi: 10.3389/fendo.2021.726172
The journal and Chief Editors retract the 29 November 2021 article cited above.
Following publication, concerns were raised regarding abnormal similarities with the contents of other articles published by unrelated research groups. A subsequent investigation, which was conducted in accordance with Frontiers’ policies, raised strong concerns over the authorship of the articles, resulting in a loss of confidence in the findings presented in the article.
The authors have not responded to this retraction.
This retraction was approved by the Chief Editors of Frontiers in Endocrinology and the Chief Executive Editor of Frontiers.
Citation: Frontiers Editorial Office (2023) Retraction: Effect of weekly long-acting growth hormone replacement therapy compared to daily growth hormone on children with short stature: a meta-analysis. Front. Endocrinol. 14:1220345. doi: 10.3389/fendo.2023.1220345
Received: 10 May 2023; Accepted: 10 May 2023;
Published: 09 June 2023.
Approved by:
Jeff M P Holly, University of Bristol, United KingdomCopyright © 2023 Frontiers Editorial Office. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
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