Case Reports in Medicine has retracted the article titled “An Unusual Case of Bilateral Vitreous Haemorrhage following Snake Bite” [1]. The article was found to contain a substantial amount of material from the following published articles: “Bhalla, A. et al., “Central retinal artery occlusion: an unusual complication of snakebite,” Journal of Venomous Animals and Toxins Including Tropical Diseases, Botucatu, vol. 10, no. 3, pp. 311–314, 2004, doi: 10.1590/S1678-91992004000300009”; “Jae Seok Kim et al. “Coagulopathy in patients who experience snakebite,” Korean Journal of Internal Medicine, vol. 23, no. 2, pp. 94–99, 2008, doi: 10.3904/kjim.2008.23.2.94”; “Tungpakorn, N., “Unusual visual loss after snakebite,” Journal of Venomous Animals and Toxins Including Tropical Diseases, Botucatu, vol. 16, no. 3, pp. 519–523, 2010, doi: 10.1590/S1678-91992010000300020”; and “Rao, B. M., “A case of bilateral vitreous haemorrhage following snake bite,” Indian Journal of Ophthalmology, vol. 25, no. 1-2, 1977. http://www.ijo.in/article.asp?issn=0301-4738;year=1977;volume=25;issue=2;spage=1;epage=2;aulast=Rao.”
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Retracted: An Unusual Case of Bilateral Vitreous Haemorrhage following Snake Bite
Received16 Nov 2017
Accepted16 Nov 2017
Published18 Jan 2018
References
V. Bhandari and M. Lohia, “An unusual case of bilateral vitreous haemorrhage following snake bite,” Case Reports in Medicine, vol. 2013, Article ID 640582, 2 pages, 2013.
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