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Corrigenda: Omission of the Description on the Approval of Institutional Review Board and the Description on Ethical Treatment of Experimental Animals

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Ann Geriatr Med Res. 2018;22(2):107-108
Publication date (electronic) : 2018 June 30
doi : https://doi.org/10.4235/agmr.2018.22.2.107
Editorial Office, Annals of Geriatric Medicine and Research (AGMR)
Tel: +82-2-2269-1039 Fax: +82-2-2269-1040 E-mail: journal@e-agmr.org

The approval statements of Institutional Review Board were not found in several articles among the original articles published in AGMR from September 2016 to March 2018. The description of ethical treatment of experimental animals was omitted in one article. The editorial office identified the authors of these articles had already received the approval of their Institutional Review Board when all submitted manuscripts arrived at the office. Therefore, the editorial office apologizes to the readers for these errors and publishes corrigendum as follows.

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    Note

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