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Retraction: Chronic Epipharyngitis Treated with Epipharyngeal Abrasion Therapy: Symptoms, Diagnosis, Pathogenesis, and Treatment Outcomes

Yasuaki Harabuchi1,2,3, Takumi Kumai1,3, Kensuke Nishi1,4, Ayaki Tanaka1,2,5, Osamu Hotta1,2,6, Hitoshi Hagino1,7, Toshiyuki Kusuyama1,8, Manabu Mogitate1,9, Yoshihiro Ohno1,10, Akira Sakakibara1,11, Satsuki Araki1,12, Yoshinao Nishida1,13, Tomoko Shintani1,14, Hiroyuki Takezawa1,15, Hirofumi Ito1,16, Daigo Komazawa1,17, Noriko Nishiwaki1,18, Ryuzo Toritani1,19, Koichi Hirahata1,20, and Satoshi Marumo1,21
1Epipharyngeal Abrasion Therapy Review Committee, Japan Society of Stomato-pharyngology, Tokyo, Japan
2Japanese Focal Inflammation Related Disease Research Group, Sendai, Japan
3Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Asahikawa Medical University, Asahikawa, Japan
4Department of Otolaryngology, Fukuoka Dental College, Fukuoka, Japan
5Tanaka Otorhinolaryngology Clinic, Osaka, Japan
6Hotta Osamu Clinic, Sendai, Japan
7Hagino Otolaryngology Clinic, Tokyo, Japan
8Tokyo Voice Clinic, Tokyo, Japan
9Mogitate Otorhinolaryngology Clinic, Kawasaki, Japan
10Ohno Otorhinolaryngology Clinic, Tokyo, Japan
11Asahi-cho Sakakibara Otorhinolaryngology Clinic, Yamagata, Japan
12Araki Otorhinolaryngology Clinic, Fukuroi, Japan
13Nishida Otorhinolaryngology Clinic, Toyonaka, Japan
14Tomo Otolaryngology Clinic, Sapporo, Japan
15Takezawa Otorhinolaryngology Clinic, Obihiro, Japan
16Ito Otorhinolaryngology Clinic, Funabashi, Japan
17Akasaka Voice Health Center, Tokyo, Japan
18Motohashi Otorhinolaryngology Clinic, Mishima, Japan
19Toritani Clinic, Kumamoto, Japan
20Hirahata Clinic, Tokyo, Japan
21Respiratory Organ Center, Kitano Hospital, Osaka, Japan

DOI: 10.31662/jmaj.R-0001

Advance Publication: April 22, 2025
Published: April 28, 2025

Cite this article as:
Harabuchi Y, Kumai T, Nishi K, Tanaka A, Hotta O, Hagino H, Kusuyama T, Mogitate M, Ohno Y, Sakakibara A, Araki S, Nishida Y, Shintani T, Takezawa H, Ito H, Komazawa D, Nishiwaki N, Toritani R, Hirahata K, Marumo S. Retraction: Chronic Epipharyngitis Treated with Epipharyngeal Abrasion Therapy: Symptoms, Diagnosis, Pathogenesis, and Treatment Outcomes. JMA J. 2025;8(2):671.

Retraction: Harabuchi Y, Kumai T, Nishi K, et al. Chronic epipharyngitis treated with epipharyngeal abrasion therapy: symptoms, diagnosis, pathogenesis, and treatment outcomes. JMA J. 2025;8(2):371-384.

The above article is available at https://www.jmaj.jp/detail.php?id=10.31662%2Fjmaj.2024-0437.

The above article, published online on March 21, 2025, in JMA Journal, has been retracted.

A third party pointed out that the article was a duplicate publication of previously published article. Then, the authors contacted the Support Office. The editor-in-chief has therefore decided to retract the article.

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