Retraction to: Jpn J Ophthalmol (2013) 57:424–8 DOI 10.1007/s10384-013-0252-x

The article “Isolated central retinal artery occlusion as an initial presentation of paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria and successful long-term prevention of systemic thrombosis with eculizumab” by Hyun Seung Yang, So Hyun Park, Jung Ran Choi and June-Gone Kim was published in the Japanese Journal of Ophthalmology in 2013;57:424–428. (DOI 10.1007/s10384-013-0252-x). Dr. Yang and co-authors have informed the Editors of this Journal that critical data in the article were not valid. Specifically, major errors were found in Case 2, which formed a key component of the article. Accordingly, the article is hereby retracted, with apologies from the authors.