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Dear Editor
An excellent example of the ‘”academic urban legends” that become circulated as truth’, in the striking phrase of Peoples and colleagues, is the “green (or apple-green) birefringence” of Congo red-stained amyloid. The literature on this illustrates most of the inadequate citation practices mentioned by Peoples and colleagues, as shown in my review (Howie AJ. Origins of a pervasive, erroneous idea: The “green birefringence” of Congo red‐stained amyloid. Int J Exp Path 2019;100:208-221. https://doi.org/10.1111/iep.12330).
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Tuesday, November 14, 2023 – 17:47
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Re: Burden of proof: combating inaccurate citation in biomedical literature
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Howie
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Alexander J
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Birmingham Children’s Hospital
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Pathologist
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