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ArticleClinical and translational medicine2017

Expression of Concern to: Role of physiotherapy in the mobilization of patients with spinal cord injury undergoing human embryonic stem cells transplantation.

Geeta Shroff, Dipin Thakur, Varun Dhingra, Deepak Singh Baroli, Deepanshu Khatri, Rahul Dev Gautam

Abstract readExpression of Concern
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Article in Clinical and translational medicine, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Geeta ShroffNutech Mediworld, H‑8, Green Park Extension, New Delhi, 110016, India. geetashroff@hotmail.com.
Dipin ThakurNutech Mediworld, New Delhi, 110016, India.
Varun DhingraNutech Mediworld, New Delhi, 110016, India.
Deepak Singh BaroliNutech Mediworld, New Delhi, 110016, India.
Deepanshu KhatriNutech Mediworld, New Delhi, 110016, India.
Rahul Dev GautamNutech Mediworld, New Delhi, 110016, India.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The Editors-in-Chief of Clinical and Translational Medicine are issuing an editorial expression of concern to alert readers that concerns have been raised regarding the ethics of this study [1]. Appropriate editorial action will be taken once this has been fully investigated. Geeta Shroff disagrees with this notice. Dipin Thakur, Varun Dhingra, Deepak Singh Baroli, Deepanshu Khatri and Rahul Dev Gautam have not responded to our correspondence about this article.

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PMID28921476
PMCPMC5603460

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