It has been brought to attention by the Editor-in-Chief, editorial team and ethical committee of Isfahan University of Medical Sciences that the review article entitled “The role of stem cell therapy in multiple sclerosis: An overview of the current status of the clinical studies” published in Advanced Biomedical Research, 2016, 5:46,[1] has number of unattributed sections of content with high rate of similarity. Plagiarism violates the editorial policy of Advanced Biomedical Research which follows best practice guidelines given by the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE) and Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) mentioned on the Information for Authors and as codified in the signed statements made by the authors regarding the copyright of their work. This article has been retracted at the request of the Editor-in-Chief, Editorial Board and Authors.
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- 1.Meamar R, Nematollahi S, Dehghani L, Mirmosayyeb O, Shayegannejad V, Basiri K, Tanhaei AP. The role of stem cell therapy in multiple sclerosis: An overview of the current status of the clinical studies. Adv Biomed Res. 2016;5:46. doi: 10.4103/2277-9175.178791. [DOI] [PMC free article] [PubMed] [Google Scholar] [Retracted]