The editors of Neurology retract the article “Decreased bone mass and increased bone turnover with valproate therapy in adults with epilepsy” by Sato et al.1
An expression of concern was published on September 6, 20172 to alert readers to possible unreliability because of known issues leading to several retractions of papers by Y. Sato et al. We have since been notified that the president of Kurume University, where the research for this article was done, established a formal investigative committee that investigated papers written during Dr. Sato's tenure at Kurume University. The committee concluded the article was falsified and recommended retraction.
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