Efficacy and safety of acupuncture therapy for asymptomatic infection of COVID-19: A protocol for systematic review and meta-analysis: Retraction

摘要

Thearticle“Efficacy and safety ofacupuncturetherapy forasymptomaticinfection ofCOVID-19:Aprotocolfor systematicreviewand metaanalysis”, [1] which appeared inVolume 99, Issue 41 ofMedicine, is being retracted dueto self-duplication. An investigation into the paperand a second protocol published inMedicine [2] with shared authors found thelanguageand aimof both papers weresimilarenough to constitute duplication.