Retraction: Singhal R, Rai B. sTNF-R Levels: Apical Periodontitis Linked to Coronary Heart Disease. Open Access Maced J Med Sci. 2017; 5(1):68-1.

[This retracts the article on p. 68 in vol. 5, PMID: 28293320.].

Editor-in-Chief has retracted the article “sTNF-R Levels: Apical Periodontitis Linked to Coronary Heart Disease.” published by Singhal R & Rai B [1].

One of the papers published by Rai B is already retracted [2], and for several other papers, there are concerns about the plagiarism or inconsistency of the results.

An internal investigation has raised sufficient evidence of the inconsistent results and high similarity index [3]. As such, we retract these two articles from the literature and by guidelines and best editorial practices from the Committee on Publication Ethics [4]. We apologise to our audience about this unfortunate situation.