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RETRACTED: Leukocyte telomere length and obesity in children and adolescents: A systematic review and meta-analysis
Frontiers Editorial OfficeA Retraction of the Systematic Review Article
Leukocyte telomere length and obesity in children and adolescents: a systematic review and meta-analysis
by Kahrizi MS, Patra I, Jalil AT, Achmad H, Alesaeidi S, Al-Gazally ME and Alesaeidi S (2022). Front. Genet. 13:861101. doi: 10.3389/fgene.2022.861101
The journal retracts the 2022 article cited above.
Following publication, concerns were raised regarding the contributions of the authors of the article. Our investigation, conducted in accordance with Frontiers policies, confirmed a serious breach of our authorship policies and of publication ethics; the article is therefore retracted.
This retraction was approved by the Chief Editors of Frontiers in Genetics and the Chief Executive Editor of Frontiers. The authors have not responded to correspondence regarding this retraction.
Citation: Frontiers Editorial Office (2023) Retraction: Leukocyte telomere length and obesity in children and adolescents: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Front. Genet. 14:1285214. doi: 10.3389/fgene.2023.1285214
Received: 29 August 2023; Accepted: 29 August 2023;
Published: 04 September 2023.
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