Chang, Cheng-Jen

Nelson, J Stuart

Yu, Jau-Song

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UC IrvineUC Irvine Previously Published WorksTitleRetraction of “Confocal Microscopy Study of Neurovascular Distribution in Facial Port Wine Stains (Capillary Malformation)” [J Formos Med Assoc 2008;107(7):559–566] byPermalinkhttps://escholarship.org/uc/item/4jp8t8s5JournalJournal of the Formosan Medical Association, 109(5)ISSN0929-6646AuthorsChang, Cheng-JenYu, Jau-SongNelson, J StuartPublication Date2010-05-01DOI10.1016/s0929-6646(10)60070-8Copyright InformationThis work is made available under the terms of a Creative Commons Attribution License, availalbe at https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Peer reviewedeScholarship.org Powered by the California Digital LibraryUniversity of CaliforniaJ Formos Med Assoc | 2010 • Vol 109 • No 5 401Contents lists available at ScienceDirectJournal of the Formosan Medical AssociationJournal homepage: http://www.jfma-online.comJ Formos Med Assoc 2010;109(5):401Journal of the Formosan Medical AssociationISSN 0929 6646Formosan Medical AssociationTaipei, TaiwanVolume 109 Number 5 May 2010Clinical implications of HBV variantsGRP78 protein as a biomarker of oral cancer in TaiwanPemetrexed in heavily pretreated patients with advanced NSCLCSex differences in geriatric depressionRetractionRetraction of “Confocal Microscopy Study of NeurovascularDistribution in Facial Port Wine Stains (Capillary Malformation)” [J Formos Med Assoc 2008;107(7):559–566]byCheng-Jen Chang,1 Jau-Song Yu,2 J. Stuart Nelson31Department of Plastic Surgery, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Chang Gung University, and 2Department of Cell andMolecular Biology, Institute of Basic Medicine, Medical College of Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan, and 3BeckmanLaser Institute and Medical Clinic, University of California, Irvine, USA.To our readers,It was recently brought to our attention that thisarticle bears a high degree of similarity to a pre-viously published article in Dermatologic Surgerytitled “Confocal Microscopy Study of Nerves andBlood Vessels in Untreated and Treated Port WineStains: Preliminary Observations” by Selim MM,Kelly KM, Nelson JS, Wendelschafer-Crabb G,Kennedy WR, and Zelickson BD. (Dermatol Surg2004;30(6):892–897).These articles have been circulated among theAssociate Editors of the Journal of the FormosanMedical Association, and we are unanimous in be-lieving that Dr Chang et al’s work constitutes plagiarism. The editorial office of the Journal havebeen in communication with Dr Chang, the cor-responding author, and after due deliberation ofDr Chang’s response, have decided to uphold ouroriginal assessment.The issue of plagiarism arises when a re-searcher acquires material directly from anotherpublished article as his own without proper acknowledgment. A side-by-side comparison ofthe two articles shows that significant portions ofDr Chang’s article are identical to Dr Selim et al’swork.This is a serious breach of international pub-lication and research ethics and constitutes sci-entific misconduct. Such acts cannot be toleratedby the Journal and its readership. We apologizeto the readers of the journal that this was not de-tected during the submission process and wouldlike to reassure our readers that the editorial officewill take all necessary steps to prevent a similaroccurrence in future.Editor-in-ChiefLi-Min Huang©2010 Elsevier & Formosan Medical Association

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Retraction of “Confocal Microscopy Study of Neurovascular Distribution in Facial Port Wine Stains (Capillary Malformation)” [J Formos Med Assoc 2008;107(7):559–566] by

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