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      <journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">JOA</journal-id>
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        <journal-title>Journal of Otolaryngology Advances</journal-title>
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      <issn pub-type="epub">2379-8572</issn>
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        <publisher-loc>United States</publisher-loc>
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      <article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">JOA-25-5867</article-id>
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        <article-title>Retraction Note: Fibrous Dysplasia of the Thyroid Cartilage – A Case Study and Review of the Literature</article-title>
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          <name>
            <surname>Aaron</surname>
            <given-names>Pang</given-names>
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        <addr-line>The Sainte Chapelle Clinic, Singapore</addr-line>
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        <addr-line>Corresponding author</addr-line>
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          <name>
            <surname>Ioannis</surname>
            <given-names>Chatzistefanou</given-names>
          </name>
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      <aff id="idm1842194420">
        <label>1</label>
        <addr-line>Aristotele University of Thessaloniki (A.U.Th)</addr-line>
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        <corresp>Dr Aaron Pang<addr-line>The Sainte Chapelle Clinic</addr-line><addr-line>#B1-10, Marina Square</addr-line><addr-line>6 Raffles Boulevard, S039594, Singapore</addr-line><addr-line>Phone number: </addr-line><phone>+6563363128</phone><addr-line>Fax number: </addr-line><fax>+6563363968</fax><addr-line>E-mail address: </addr-line><email>aaron@stchapelleclinic.com</email></corresp>
        <fn fn-type="conflict" id="idm1842137268">
          <p>The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.</p>
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      <pub-date pub-type="epub" iso-8601-date="2015-06-10">
        <day>10</day>
        <month>06</month>
        <year>2015</year>
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      <volume>2</volume>
      <issue>4</issue>
      <fpage>2</fpage>
      <lpage>2</lpage>
      <history>
        <date date-type="received">
          <day>01</day>
          <month>08</month>
          <year>2014</year>
        </date>
        <date date-type="accepted">
          <day>16</day>
          <month>01</month>
          <year>2015</year>
        </date>
        <date date-type="online">
          <day>10</day>
          <month>06</month>
          <year>2015</year>
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        <copyright-statement>© </copyright-statement>
        <copyright-year>2015</copyright-year>
        <copyright-holder>Aaron Pang, et al</copyright-holder>
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          <license-p>This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.</license-p>
        </license>
      </permissions>
      <self-uri xlink:href="http://openaccesspub.org/joa/article/2258">This article is available from http://openaccesspub.org/joa/article/2258</self-uri>
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        <kwd>Fibrous dysplasia</kwd>
        <kwd>Thyroid cartilage</kwd>
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      <title>Reason for Retraction</title>
      <p>This is a retraction notice. VIEW THE RETRACTED ARTICLE (<ext-link xlink:href="https://doi.org/10.14302/issn.2379-8572.joa-14-548" ext-link-type="uri">https://doi.org/10.14302/issn.2379-8572.joa-14-548</ext-link>), which was published on 10 June 2015</p>
      <p>This notice is issued by the Editor-in-Chief on behalf of the Journal of Otolaryngology Advances (Open Access Pub)<italic>.</italic></p>
      <p>
        <bold>Citation of retracted article</bold>
      </p>
      <p>Pang Aaron (2015). <italic>Fibrous Dysplasia of the Thyroid Cartilage – A Case Study and Review of the Literature. </italic>Journal of Otolaryngology Advances<italic> 1(2):1–5. https://doi.org/10.14302/issn.2379-8572.joa-14-548. </italic><bold>Published: 10 June 2015.</bold></p>
      <p>
        <bold>Reason for retraction</bold>
      </p>
      <p>Following an editorial investigation, we confirmed <bold>redundant (duplicate) publication</bold>. A substantially similar article by the same author was <bold>previously published</bold> in <italic>Journal of Clinical Case Reports in 2014: Pang A (2014). Fibrous Dysplasia of the Thyroid Cartilage – A Case Study and Review of the Literature. J Clin Case Rep 4:335. doi:10.4172/2165-7920.1000335. The earlier publication constitutes the version of record. The later OAP publication did not disclose the prior publication or meet the criteria for acceptable secondary publication.</italic></p>
      <p>
        <bold>Process</bold>
      </p>
      <p>The investigation followed COPE guidance for handling redundant publication. The corresponding author and the editor of the earlier journal were notified and given the opportunity to respond prior to this decision. The Editor-in-Chief determined that retraction is required to correct the scholarly record.</p>
      <p>
        <bold>Record status</bold>
      </p>
      <p>The retracted article remains available to maintain the scholarly record and is clearly marked <bold>RETRACTED</bold> on the HTML and PDF versions. This notice links to the article, and the article links to this notice. The article’s open-license terms remain unchanged.</p>
      <p>
        <bold>Approvals</bold>
      </p>
      <p>Approved by the Editor-in-Chief of <italic>Journal of Otolaryngology Advances.</italic></p>
      <p><bold>Date of retraction:</bold> 25 March 2016.</p>
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