Original scientific paper

RETRACTED ARTICLE: Relationship between serum hyaluronic acid level and stage of liver fibrosis in patients with chronic hepatitis

Hadi Parsian ; Department of Biochemistry, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran
Mohammad Nouri ; Department of Biochemistry, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran
Mohammad Hossein Somi ; Liver and Gastrointestinal Disease Research Center, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran
Ali Rahimipour ; Department of Biochemistry, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran
Durdi Qujeq ; Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Babol University of Medical Sciences, Babol, Iran
Mehrdad Kashi Fard ; Yahya Nezhad Hospital, Babol University of Medical Sciences, Babol, Iran
Karim Agcheli ; Gastroenterology Research Center of Golestan University of Medical Sciences, Gorgan, Iran
Golnar Majidi ; Liver and Gastrointestinal Disease Research Center, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran

Abstract

Article retraction:

Ana-Maria Simundic. Parsian H et al. Relationship between serum hyaluronic acid level and stage of liver fi brosis in patients with chronic hepatitis. Biochem Med 2009;19:154-65. Biochemia Medica 2012;22(2):259.

Editor-in-chief Biochemia Medica

The above stated article has been retracted from the Biochemia Medica Journal.
It has been recently brought to the Editor-in-chief’s attention by Monica Acalovschi, who is the Editor-in-chief of the Journal Gastrointestinal Liver Diseases that Hadi Parsian has since 2009 published three articles with close similarities:


Parsian H, Rahimipour A, Nouri M, Somi MH, Qujeq D, Fard MK, Agcheli K. Serum hyaluronic acid and laminin as biomarkers in liver fibrosis. J Gastrointestin Liver Dis. 2010;19(2):169-74.
Parsian H, Rahimipour A, Nouri M, Somi MH, Qujeq D. Assessment of liver fibrosis development in chronic hepatitis B patients by serum hyaluronic acid and laminin levels. Acta Clin Croat. 2010;49(3):257-65.
Parsian H et al. Relationship between serum hyaluronic acid level and stage of liver fibrosis in patients with chronic hepatitis. Biochemia Medica 2009;19(2):154-65.


Authors have submitted their work to Biochemia Medica along with a cover letter clearly stating that their manuscript is original, has not been published before and is not currently being considered for publication elsewhere.
Unfortunately, after thourough investigation we conclude that all three published articles have close similarities and high degree of homology. They originate from the same investigation, they report same results on the same patients. This is considered as self-plagiarism and serious publication misconduct.
Article published in the Journal of Gastrointestinal and Liver Diseases in June 2010, has been retracted this March.
Due to the above stated reasons, we therefore retract the article published in Biochemia Medica. The authors have been informed about the reasons for the retraction decision.

Keywords

chronic hepatitis; hepatic inflammation grade; hepatic fibrosis stage; hyaluronic acid; retracted article

Hrčak ID:

37600

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/37600

Publication date:

3.6.2009.

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