Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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1970823 | Clinical Biochemistry | 2011 | 7 Pages |
This article has been retracted: please see Elsevier Policy on Article Withdrawal (http://www.elsevier.com/locate/withdrawalpolicy).This article has been retracted at the request of the Editor-in-Chief as it contains large amounts of previously published content, without citation, and without the written consent of the copyright-holder (Clin. Chem. Lab. Med., 49 (2011) 1405–1412, http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/CCLM.2011.238. One of the conditions of submission of a paper for publication is that authors declare explicitly that the paper has not been previously published or is not under consideration for publication elsewhere. The scientific community takes a very strong view on this matter and the retraction is necessary to preserve the integrity of the literature. Apologies are offered to readers of the journal that this was not detected during the submission process.