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We agree that it is important to establish a standardized international definition of preterm birth. In fact, we concluded our paper by calling for a change in US reporting practices…

I read with great interest the interesting study examining preterm birth rate in the United States using 2 separate methods of gestational age (GA) assignment: GA calculated by the last…

We appreciate Dr Kawada’s interest in our paper and are happy to respond to his comments. First, our decision to define those at risk for professional burnout as having a…

I read the paper by Rath et al with interest. The authors determined the burnout rate and associated factors among gynecologic oncologists using a cross-sectional study design. A total of 1086…

We appreciate the comments of Drs Joob and Wiwanitkit with regard to our recent article. Most of their comments (eg, “translational plagiarism”) are on plagiarism and not self- plagiarism, but…

The recent report on self-plagiarism is very interesting. Mandal et al recently reported an Indian perspective, mentioned several problems referring to scientific misconduct, and noted that self-plagiarism was a very common…

We thank the authors for their response to our recent review. We read their hypothesis of the role of DNA in initiating a “xanthine oxidase driven free radical crisis” with…

We believe that the hypothesis of Hartley, Ferguson, and Moffett on the role of fetal DNA in the pathophysiology of preeclampsia (PE), although very interesting, “puts the cart before the…