Repetitive Publication: A Clinical Trial of Norfloxacin

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We call to the attention of readers and indexers of this journal that the first article in the January 1987 issue, "Oral Norfloxacin for Prevention of Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections in Patients with Acute Leukemia and Granulocytopenia" (1), reports data from the same clinical trial as does an article previously published in a supplement to Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases (2). This fact has been conceded to us by one of the authors responsible for both articles. Although the two articles are not identical in format and details of statement, they seem to us to represent in essence the same intellectual