The Neurology® editorial office recently received a letter expressing concern about the validity of the results of this paper.1 The corresponding author, Dr. Yoshihiro Sato, responded to a request for an explanation by requesting that the paper be retracted because of scientific misconduct. Dr. Sato accepts full responsibility for this fraudulent paper and maintains that none of the coauthors participated in any misconduct and appeared as authors on an honorary basis only. The Editor retracts online and printed replies related to the article.2,3
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