Editorial Expression of Concern: Arch Gynecol Obstet (2017) 296:475–482 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00404-017-4457-y


The Editor-in-Chief is issuing an editorial Expression of Concern for this article. Concerns have been raised about the reporting of this study and the authors have not responded to a request to provide their raw data. Readers are therefore encouraged to interpret the results and conclusions with caution. Ahmed M. Maged disagrees with this statement. Hany Saad, Hadeer Meshaal, Emad Salah, Suzy Abdelaziz, Eman Omran, Wesam S. Deeb and Maha Katta have not responded to correspondence from the Publisher about this retraction.