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Human Ex vivo Wound Model and Whole-Mount Staining Approach to Accurately Evaluate Skin Repair
Published on: February 17, 2021
RETRACTION: Vitamin D and Wound Healing: Assessing Skin Barrier Function and Implications for Chloasma Treatment
Retraction:
Q. Chen, L. Liu, and Y. Zhang, "Vitamin D and Wound Healing: Assessing Skin Barrier Function and Implications for Chloasma Treatment," International Wound Journal 21, no. 1 (2024): e14541, https://doi.org/10.1111/iwj.14541. The above article, published online on 15 January 2024, in Wiley Online Library (http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/) and its correction (https://doi.org/10.1111/iwj.14893), has been retracted by agreement between the journal Editor in Chief, Professor Keith Harding; and John Wiley & Sons Ltd.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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