RETRACTED: Clinical and metabolic response to probiotic supplementation in patients with multiple sclerosis: A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial

• Published in: Clinical nutrition (Edinburgh, Scotland) Vol. 36; no. 5; pp. 1245 - 1249
• Main Authors: Kouchaki, Ebrahim, Tamtaji, Omid Reza, Salami, Mahmoud, Bahmani, Fereshteh, Daneshvar Kakhaki, Reza, Akbari, Elmira, Tajabadi-Ebrahimi, Maryam, Jafari, Parvaneh, Asemi, Zatollah
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier Ltd 01.10.2017
• ISSN: 0261-5614
• DOI: 10.1016/j.clnu.2016.08.015

This article has been retracted: please see Elsevier policy on Article Correction, Retraction and Removal (https://www.elsevier.com/about/policies-and-standards/article-withdrawal). This article has been retracted at the request of the journal editorial team. Significant concerns were raised by a third party about the integrity of the data and the reported findings in the article. When approached for an explanation, the authors have been cooperative in providing some responses and documents. To verify the reported findings, the article and the documents provided by the authors were further evaluated by the Ethics Editor and the journal editorial team. The journal editorial team and the Ethics Editor were unable to confirm the integrity of the data presented in tables and their main outcome was that the article's results and conclusions are unreliable. Therefore, as the editorial team no longer have confidence in the reported conclusions the decision has been made to retract the article. The authors listed in the publication have been informed. The authors do not agree with the retraction. We have been informed in our decision-making by our editorial policies and the COPE guidelines.