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Retraction: CPAP for the Metabolic Syndrome in Patients with Obstructive Sleep Apnea. N Engl J Med 2011;365:2277-86 To the Editor: As the authors of the article en- • A letter can have no more than five references and one figure or table. titled “CPAP for the Metabolic Syndrome in Pa• A letter can be signed by no more than three authors. 1 tients with Obstructive Sleep Apnea” published • Financial associations or other possible conflicts of interest in the Journal on December 15, 2011, we regret to must be disclosed. Disclosures will be published with the report that transcription errors occurred in the letters. (For authors of Journal articles who are responding Supplementary Appendix, available with the full to letters, we will only publish new relevant relationships text of the article at NEJM.org. There were mul- that have developed since publication of the article.) • Include your full mailing address, telephone number, fax tiple errors in the table on pages 18 and 19 of the number, and e-mail address with your letter. Supplementary Appendix concerning data on the • All letters must be submitted at authors.NEJM.org. accumulation of abdominal fat as assessed with Letters that do not adhere to these instructions will not be the use of computed tomography and on carotid considered. We will notify you when we have made a decision intima–media thickness as assessed with the use about possible publication. Letters regarding a recent Journal of ultrasonography. These errors, in turn, changed article may be shared with the authors of that article. We are unable to provide prepublication proofs. Submission of a some values in Table 4 of the article. Although letter constitutes permission for the Massachusetts Medical these changes do not alter the conclusions of the Society, its licensees, and its assignees to use it in the Journal’s article, the primary data could not be located to various print and electronic publications and in collections, verify corrections made from secondary tables. revisions, and any other form or medium. Accordingly, we have no way of confirming the correct data and, with regret, wish to retract the notices article. Surendra K. Sharma, M.D., Ph.D. Notices submitted for publication should contain a mailing Swastik Agrawal, M.D. address and telephone number of a contact person or departDeepak Damodaran, M.D. ment. We regret that we are unable to publish all notices Vishnubhatla Sreenivas, Ph.D. received. Notices also appear on the Journal’s website All India Institute of Medical Sciences (NEJM.org/medical-conference). The listings can be viewed New Delhi, India in their entirety or filtered by specialty, location, or month. Tamilarasu Kadhiravan, M.D. Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research Puducherry, India
Ramakrishnan Lakshmy, Ph.D. Priya Jagia, M.D. Atin Kumar, M.D. All India Institute of Medical Sciences New Delhi, India
The conference, along with a pre-conference entitled “Neonatal Quality at Hot Topics,” will be held in Washington, DC, Dec. 8–11. Contact Karen Bidus, Office of CME, Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children, P.O. Box 269, Wilmington, DE 19899; or call (302) 651-6750; or e-mail [email protected]; or see http:// www.hottopics.org.
Society of Abdominal Radiology
1. Sharma SK, Agrawal S, Damodaran D, et al. CPAP for the
metabolic syndrome in patients with obstructive sleep apnea. N Engl J Med 2011;365:2277-86.
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMc1313105 Correspondence Copyright © 2013 Massachusetts Medical Society.
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Letters to the Editor are considered for publication, subject to editing and abridgment, provided they do not contain material that has been submitted or published elsewhere. Please note the following: • Letters in reference to a Journal article must not exceed 175 words (excluding references) and must be received within 3 weeks after publication of the article. • Letters not related to a Journal article must not exceed 400 words.
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The “SAR 2014 Annual Scientific Meeting and Educational Course” (formerly called the “Abdominal Radiology Course”) will be held in Boca Raton, FL, March 23–28. It is presented by the Society of Abdominal Radiology (formerly the Society of Gastrointestinal Radiologists and the Society of Uroradiology). Contact the SAR Meeting Management Office, Society of Abdominal Radiology, 4550 Post Oak Pl., Suite 342, Houston, TX 77027; or call (713) 965-0566; or fax (713) 960-0488; or see http://www.abdominalradiology.org. the journal’s web and e-mail addresses:
For letters to the Editor: authors.NEJM.org For information about the status of a submitted manuscript: authors.NEJM.org To submit a meeting notice: [email protected] The Journal’s web pages: NEJM.org
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Retraction: CPAP for the Metabolic Syndrome in Patients with Obstructive Sleep Apnea. N Engl J Med 2011;365:2277-86 To the Editor: As the authors of the article en- • A letter can have no more than five references and one figure or table. titled “CPAP for the Metabolic Syndrome in Pa• A letter can be signed by no more than three authors. 1 tients with Obstructive Sleep Apnea” published • Financial associations or other possible conflicts of interest in the Journal on December 15, 2011, we regret to must be disclosed. Disclosures will be published with the report that transcription errors occurred in the letters. (For authors of Journal articles who are responding Supplementary Appendix, available with the full to letters, we will only publish new relevant relationships text of the article at NEJM.org. There were mul- that have developed since publication of the article.) • Include your full mailing address, telephone number, fax tiple errors in the table on pages 18 and 19 of the number, and e-mail address with your letter. Supplementary Appendix concerning data on the • All letters must be submitted at authors.NEJM.org. accumulation of abdominal fat as assessed with Letters that do not adhere to these instructions will not be the use of computed tomography and on carotid considered. We will notify you when we have made a decision intima–media thickness as assessed with the use about possible publication. Letters regarding a recent Journal of ultrasonography. These errors, in turn, changed article may be shared with the authors of that article. We are unable to provide prepublication proofs. Submission of a some values in Table 4 of the article. Although letter constitutes permission for the Massachusetts Medical these changes do not alter the conclusions of the Society, its licensees, and its assignees to use it in the Journal’s article, the primary data could not be located to various print and electronic publications and in collections, verify corrections made from secondary tables. revisions, and any other form or medium. Accordingly, we have no way of confirming the correct data and, with regret, wish to retract the notices article. Surendra K. Sharma, M.D., Ph.D. Notices submitted for publication should contain a mailing Swastik Agrawal, M.D. address and telephone number of a contact person or departDeepak Damodaran, M.D. ment. We regret that we are unable to publish all notices Vishnubhatla Sreenivas, Ph.D. received. Notices also appear on the Journal’s website All India Institute of Medical Sciences (NEJM.org/medical-conference). The listings can be viewed New Delhi, India in their entirety or filtered by specialty, location, or month. Tamilarasu Kadhiravan, M.D. Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research Puducherry, India
Ramakrishnan Lakshmy, Ph.D. Priya Jagia, M.D. Atin Kumar, M.D. All India Institute of Medical Sciences New Delhi, India
The conference, along with a pre-conference entitled “Neonatal Quality at Hot Topics,” will be held in Washington, DC, Dec. 8–11. Contact Karen Bidus, Office of CME, Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children, P.O. Box 269, Wilmington, DE 19899; or call (302) 651-6750; or e-mail [email protected]; or see http:// www.hottopics.org.
Society of Abdominal Radiology
1. Sharma SK, Agrawal S, Damodaran D, et al. CPAP for the
metabolic syndrome in patients with obstructive sleep apnea. N Engl J Med 2011;365:2277-86.
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMc1313105 Correspondence Copyright © 2013 Massachusetts Medical Society.
instructions for letters to the editor
Letters to the Editor are considered for publication, subject to editing and abridgment, provided they do not contain material that has been submitted or published elsewhere. Please note the following: • Letters in reference to a Journal article must not exceed 175 words (excluding references) and must be received within 3 weeks after publication of the article. • Letters not related to a Journal article must not exceed 400 words.
1770
Hot Topics in Neonatology
The “SAR 2014 Annual Scientific Meeting and Educational Course” (formerly called the “Abdominal Radiology Course”) will be held in Boca Raton, FL, March 23–28. It is presented by the Society of Abdominal Radiology (formerly the Society of Gastrointestinal Radiologists and the Society of Uroradiology). Contact the SAR Meeting Management Office, Society of Abdominal Radiology, 4550 Post Oak Pl., Suite 342, Houston, TX 77027; or call (713) 965-0566; or fax (713) 960-0488; or see http://www.abdominalradiology.org. the journal’s web and e-mail addresses:
For letters to the Editor: authors.NEJM.org For information about the status of a submitted manuscript: authors.NEJM.org To submit a meeting notice: [email protected] The Journal’s web pages: NEJM.org
n engl j med 369;18 nejm.org october 31, 2013
The New England Journal of Medicine Downloaded from nejm.org at NORTHERN KENTUCKY UNIV on August 12, 2015. For personal use only. No other uses without permission. Copyright © 2013 Massachusetts Medical Society. All rights reserved.
