The journal Genes retracts the article, “Systemic Retinoids for Generalized Verrucosis Due to Congenital Immunodeficiency: Case Reports and Review of the Literature” [1], cited above.
Following publication, the authors raised the attention of the Editorial Office to concerns relating to the accuracy of the findings presented in this case report [1].
As indicated by the authors, the conclusions of this case report [1] are significantly dependent on the findings presented in an article [2] previously published by the same authorship group. As this earlier article [2] has now been retracted, the Editorial Board and authors have agreed that the findings of this case report [1] can no longer be sustained. Therefore, the Editorial Board has decided to retract this publication [1] as per MDPI’s retraction policy (https://www.mdpi.com/ethics#_bookmark30, accessed on 24 June 2024).
This retraction was approved by the Editor-in-Chief of the journal Genes.
The authors have agreed to this retraction.
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References
1. Kosumi, H.; Natsuga, K.; Yanagi, T.; Ujiie, H. RETRACTED: Systemic Retinoids for Generalized Verrucosis Due to Congenital Immunodeficiency: Case Reports and Review of the Literature. Genes; 2023; 14, 769. [DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/genes14030769] [PubMed: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36981039]
2. Kosumi, H.; Natsuga, K.; Takashima, S.; Miyauchi, T.; Huang, Y.T.; Nomura, T.; Yanagi, T.; Huang, H.Y.; Chiu, F.P.C.; Chen, P.C. et al. Two Cases of Interleukin-7–Deficient Generalized Verrucosis. Clin. Infect. Dis.; 2020; 71, pp. 1561-1563. [DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.1093/cid/ciz1240] [PubMed: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31900472]
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