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RETRACTION: Association Between Vitamin D Deficiency and Diabetic Foot Ulcer Wound in Diabetic Subjects: A
Retraction:
J. Lin, X. Mo, Y. Yang, C. Tang, and J. Chen, "Association Between Vitamin D Deficiency and Diabetic Foot Ulcer Wound in Diabetic Subjects: A Meta-Analysis," International Wound Journal 20, no. 1 (2023): 55-62, https://doi.org/10.1111/iwj.13836. The above article, published online on 14 May 2022, in Wiley Online Library (http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/), has been retracted by agreement between the journal Editor in Chief, Professor Keith Harding; and John Wiley & Sons Ltd. Following an investigation by the publisher, all parties have concluded that this article was accepted solely on the basis of a compromised peer review process. The editors have therefore decided to retract the article. The authors did not respond to our notice regarding the retraction.
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