Retraction for Lo et al., Detection of MLV-related virus gene sequences in blood of patients with chronic fatigue syndrome and healthy blood donors

Shyh-Ching Lo et al. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2012.

. 2012 Jan 3;109(1):346.

doi: 10.1073/pnas.1119641109. Epub 2011 Dec 27.

No abstract available

Retraction of

Detection of MLV-related virus gene sequences in blood of patients with chronic fatigue syndrome and healthy blood donors.
Lo SC, Pripuzova N, Li B, Komaroff AL, Hung GC, Wang R, Alter HJ. Lo SC, et al. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2010 Sep 7;107(36):15874-9. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1006901107. Epub 2010 Aug 23. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2010. Retraction in: Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2012 Jan 3;109(1):346. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1119641109. PMID: 20798047 Free PMC article. Retracted.

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