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. 2013 Aug 14;8:127. doi: 10.1186/1746-1596-8-127

Retraction: Luminal B tumors are the most frequent molecular subtype in breast cancer of North African women: an immunohistochemical profile study from Morocco

Hinde El Fatemi 1,, Sanae Chahbouni 1, Sofia Jayi 2, Kaoutar Moumna 1, My Abdelilah Melhouf 1, Abdelaziz Bannani 2, Omar Mesbahi 3, Afaf Amarti 1
PMCID: PMC3751014  PMID: 23945152

Retraction

This article [1] has been retracted by the authors due to extensive overlap with their own previous publication [2] and a number of other sources. In addition, there is duplication of some of the authors previously published results. The authors apologise to all concerned.

Contributor Information

Hinde El Fatemi, Email: hinde0012@hotmail.com.

Sanae Chahbouni, Email: s.chahbouni@hotmail.com.

Sofia Jayi, Email: jayisofia@yahoo.fr.

Kaoutar Moumna, Email: kawtar.moumna.idrissi@hotmail.fr.

My Abdelilah Melhouf, Email: melhouf@menara.ma.

Abdelaziz Bannani, Email: bananiabdelaziz@yahoo.fr.

Omar Mesbahi, Email: elmesbahiomar@yahoo.fr.

Afaf Amarti, Email: amartiafaf@yahoo.fr.

References

  1. El F. et al. Luminal B tumors are the most frequent molecular subtype in breast cancer of North African women: an immunohistochemical profile study from Morocco. Diagn Pathol. 2012;7:170. doi: 10.1186/1746-1596-7-170. [DOI] [PMC free article] [PubMed] [Google Scholar] [Retracted]
  2. Bennis. et al. Prevalence of molecular subtypes and prognosis of invasive breast cancer in north-east of Morocco: retrospective study. BMC Research Notes. 2012;5:436. doi: 10.1186/1756-0500-5-436. [DOI] [PMC free article] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]

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