Retraction Statement

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Retraction Statement: Ali, M, Imran, M M, Ahmad, U, Usman, U, Shaukat, A, Gul, N Neutrophil/lymphocyte ratio-A marker of COVID-19 pneumonia severity. Int J Clin Pract. 2020; 75:e13698. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ijcp.13698. The above article from the International Journal of Clinical Practice, published online on 6 September 2020 in Wiley Online Library (wileyonlinelibrary.com), has been retracted by agreement between the authors, the journal's Editor in Chief, Dr Charles Young, and John Wiley and Sons Ltd. The retraction has been agreed following a disclosure by the authors that the data in their article was not original and was sourced from two previously published articles (1 and 2). Lu J, Zhang Y, Cheng G, He J, Wu F, Hu H, Sha T, Zeng Z, Chen Z. [Clinical characteristics and outcomes of adult critically ill patients with COVID-19 in Honghu, Hubei Province]. Nan Fang Yi Ke Da Xue Xue Bao. 2020 Jun 30;40(6):778-785. Chinese. 10.12122/j.issn.1673-4254.2020.06.02. PMID: 32895195; PMCID: PMC7321274. Xia X, Wen M, Zhan S, He J, Chen W. [An increased neutrophil/lymphocyte ratio is an early warning signal of severe COVID-19]. Nan Fang Yi Ke Da Xue Xue Bao. 2020 Mar 30;40(3):333-336. Chinese. 10.12122/j.issn.1673-4254.2020.03.06. PMID: 32376581; PMCID: PMC7167308.