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. 2016 Nov;65(11):754.

Notice of retraction

Luke A Stephens  1 , Nina Rogers  2 , James J Stevermer  1
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  • PMID: 28087878

Notice of retraction

Luke A Stephens et al. J Fam Pract. 2016 Nov.

Abstract

According to JAMA's retraction statement, the first author of the article admitted to data fabrication following an internal investigation.² The source article does not provide subgroup analysis to determine how much of an effect the fabricated data may have had on the final reported outcome.

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