Retraction: Isosorbide mononitrate versus alendronate for postmenopausal osteoporosis.

Abstract

Nabhan, A.F. and Rabie, N.H. (2008), Isosorbide mononitrate versus alendronate for postmenopausal osteoporosis. International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics, 103: 213-216. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijgo.2008.07.011 The above article, published online on 21 September 2008 in Wiley Online Library (wileyonlinelibrary.com), has been retracted by agreement between the journal Editor in Chief, Professor Michael Geary, the International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics, and John Wiley and Sons Ltd. Concerns were raised by a number of third parties regarding the authenticity of the data and results presented in this study. In light of these concerns, the authors were asked to provide the raw data for the study. The authors cooperated fully and provided the raw data. Following review of the raw data by the journal's research integrity team, it was found that there were highly similar sequences of values of in the data for the two study groups, suggesting duplication of data. Since the data of are incompatible with randomisation, this invalidates the study results and gives rise to considerable uncertainty around the observed effect of the intervention. As a result, the journal is issuing this retraction.