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Retracted studies

Studies in this atlas that have been retracted or withdrawn by their publisher. The atlas keeps these pages reachable with a clear “Retracted” banner so the signal is visible to readers who arrive via bookmark, citation, or cached link. Their findings should not be cited as current evidence.

Source of the retraction flag today: the publisher’s own title prefix (PubMed convention). Automated ingestion from Retraction Watch and Crossref update metadata is a later phase.

10 studies currently flagged.

Retracted2025JMA journal

Retracted: Chronic Epipharyngitis Treated with Epipharyngeal Abrasion Therapy: Symptoms, Diagnosis, Pathogenesis, and Treatment Outcomes.

Harabuchi, Yasuaki et al.

Source title prefix indicates this article was retracted (RETRACTED:).

Retracted2025Food science & nutrition

Causal Relationship Between Diet, Lipids, Immune Cells, and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: A Two-Mediation Mendelian Randomization Study.

Li, Jixu et al.

Crossref indicates retraction notice (DOI 10.1002/fsn3.71097, retraction, 2025-10-17, source: publisher).

Retracted2021Brain sciences

Sex-Based Differences in Plasma Autoantibodies to Central Nervous System Proteins in Gulf War Veterans versus Healthy and Symptomatic Controls.

Abou-Donia, Mohamed B et al.

Crossref indicates retraction notice (DOI 10.3390/brainsci14080790, retraction, 2024-08-05, source: retraction-watch).

Retracted2020Brain sciences

Using Plasma Autoantibodies of Central Nervous System Proteins to Distinguish Veterans with Gulf War Illness from Healthy and Symptomatic Controls.

Abou-Donia, Mohamed B et al.

Crossref indicates retraction notice (DOI 10.3390/brainsci14080758, retraction, 2024-07-29, source: retraction-watch).

Retracted2020BMJ paediatrics open

Cognitive-behavioural therapy combined with music therapy for chronic fatigue following Epstein-Barr virus infection in adolescents: a feasibility study.

Malik, Sadaf et al.

Crossref indicates retraction notice (DOI 10.1136/bmjpo-2019-000620ret, retraction, 2020-10-01, source: retraction-watch).

Retracted2018The Cochrane database of systematic reviews

WITHDRAWN: Traditional Chinese medicinal herbs for the treatment of idiopathic chronic fatigue and chronic fatigue syndrome.

Adams, Denise et al.

Source title prefix indicates this article was withdrawn (WITHDRAWN:).

Retracted2012PloS one

Identification of XMRV infection-associated microRNAs in four cell types in culture.

Mohan, Ketha V K et al.

Crossref indicates retraction notice (DOI 10.1371/annotation/f9aef9a9-5488-4492-8b8c-1cdded2e3d79, retraction, 2013-06-17, source: retraction-watch).

Retracted2010Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Detection of MLV-related virus gene sequences in blood of patients with chronic fatigue syndrome and healthy blood donors.

Lo, Shyh-Ching et al.

Crossref indicates retraction notice (DOI 10.1073/pnas.1119641109, retraction, 2011-12-27, source: retraction-watch).

Retracted2009The Cochrane database of systematic reviews

Traditional Chinese medicinal herbs for the treatment of idiopathic chronic fatigue and chronic fatigue syndrome.

Adams, Denise et al.

Crossref indicates retraction notice (DOI 10.1002/14651858.cd006348.pub3, retraction, 2018-10-15, source: retraction-watch).

Retracted2009Science (New York, N.Y.)

RETRACTED: Detection of an infectious retrovirus, XMRV, in blood cells of patients with chronic fatigue syndrome.

Lombardi, Vincent C et al.

Source title prefix indicates this article was retracted (RETRACTED:).