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<journal-id journal-id-type="nlm-ta">Explor Neuroprot Ther</journal-id>
<journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">ENT</journal-id>
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<journal-title>Exploration of Neuroprotective Therapy</journal-title>
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<issn pub-type="epub">2769-6510</issn>
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<publisher-name>Open Exploration Publishing</publisher-name>
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<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.37349/ent.2023.00066</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="manuscript">100466</article-id>
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<subject>Retraction</subject>
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<article-title>Retraction: Diffusion magnetic resonance imaging-based surrogate marker in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis</article-title>
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<collab>Editorial Office</collab>
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<pub-date pub-type="ppub">
<year>2023</year>
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<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>29</day>
<month>12</month>
<year>2023</year>
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<volume>3</volume>
<issue>6</issue>
<fpage>513</fpage>
<lpage>513</lpage>
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<copyright-statement>© Open Exploration Editorial Office 2023.</copyright-statement>
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<related-article id="RA1" related-article-type="retracted-article" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xlink:href="https://doi.org/10.37349/ent.2023.00047" ext-link-type="doi">Retraction to “<article-title>Diffusion magnetic resonance imaging-based surrogate marker in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis</article-title>” by Saito Y. Explor Neuroprot Ther. 2023;3:186–206. DOI: <ext-link ext-link-type="doi" xlink:href="https://doi.org/10.37349/ent.2023.00047">10.37349/ent.2023.00047</ext-link></related-article>
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<p id="p-1">The original article was retracted by the Journal due to excessive unreferenced overlapping of text and similarity in Figures with another previously published article [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B1">1</xref>].</p>
<p id="p-2">This retraction was approved by the Editor-in-Chief.</p>
<p id="p-3">The publisher regrets that this issue was not identified by the usual quality checks before publication and plans to take additional measures to safeguard research integrity.</p>
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