Retracted: Clinical Importance of Somatostatin Receptor 2 (SSTR2) and Somatostatin Receptor 5 (SSTR5) Expression in Thyrotropin-Producing Pituitary Adenoma (TSHoma)
Benxia Yu, Zhongsheng Zhang, Hao Song, Yuchun Chi, Chunling Shi, Miao Xu
Med Sci Monit 2018; 24: 5904-5904
DOI: 10.12659/MSM.912715
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Published: 2018-08-24
ABSTRACT:
In the article entitled, “Clinical Importance of Somatostatin Receptor 2 (SSTR2) and Somatostatin Receptor 5 (SSTR5) Expression in Thyrotropin-Producing Pituitary Adenoma (TSHoma)”, which was published in Medical Science Monitor 2017-04-23, Med Sci Monit 2017; 23: 1947-1955, the text has been directly copied from a previously published article entitled, “Immunohistochemical expression of somatostatin receptor subtypes 2 and 5 in thyrotropin-secreting pituitary adenomas: a consecutive case series of pituitary adenomas” by Hong-Juan Fang, Yang-Fang Li, Yu Fu, Li-Yong Zhong, and Ya-Zhuo Zhan in Int J Clin Exp Pathol 2017;10(1): 479-488 (www.ijcep.com /ISSN: 1936-2625/IJCEP0042895). Thus, owing to the duplicity of text, the article is being retracted.
Keywords: Retracted Publication