Combined effect of pioglitazone and simvastatin on urinary liver-type fatty acid-binding protein concentration in diabetic patients with microalbuminuria.

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The first author of this paper has informed us that the patients and data reported in this article were fabricated and that the third author does not exist. Dr Ma has been contacted and states that he had no knowledge of this paper. Kagawa University had no knowledge of this submission. We further note that the same authors, real and fictitious, have recently published in other journals, whose Editors have been informed. Diabetologia DOI 10.1007/s00125-007-0703-3