Abstract
SAGE and the Journal Editor hereby issue an expression of concern for the following article:
Mert Dumantepe, Mustafa Seren, Osman Fazlıogullari, Umut Ayoglu, Burak Teymen. Treatment of complex atherosclerotic femoropopliteal artery disease with a self-expanding interwoven nitinol stent: Midterm results. Vascular. Epub ahead of print 16 February 2015. DOI: 10.1177/1708538114568884
The Editor and SAGE were alerted to a potential issue regarding the legitimate authorship of this paper. SAGE have contacted the institutions of the authors of this article and requested that an investigation be undertaken.
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