The article entitled, “Analysis of Azoospermia Factor Loci Polymorphisms Among Tunisian Infertile Men with Varicocele,” by Lobna Hadjkacem-Loukil et al., (Genet Test Mol Biomarkers, online ahead of print; Sept. 6, 2010), is being officially retracted from Genetic Testing and Molecular Biomarkers.

The article did not receive authorization or approval from all authors named in the manuscript to publish the article. Since the publication of the article, three of the senior authors, Dr. Keskes, Dr. Fakhfakh, and Dr. Ayadi, have informed the Journal's Editor-in-Chief, Dr. Kenneth Berns, and Publisher, Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., that they had not reviewed the contents of this article prior to publication. For this reason, these authors have requested that the article be officially retracted from the Journal.