The Xander ligament?: Caution advised when using online encyclopaedias

Thomas Ledger; Alexander Toftness

doi:10.1111/joa.13195

The Xander ligament? Caution advised when using online encyclopaedias

Thomas Ledger, Alexander Toftness

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Here, we discuss a series of events that led to an article in a prestigious medical journal mistakenly using a fake eponymous term that originated in a YouTube video and then spread to Wikipedia. The term has also spread to other places. In this digital world of fake news, open resources should be read discerningly in order to verify their contents.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	391
Number of pages	1
Journal	Journal of Anatomy
Volume	237
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/joa.13195
Publication status	Published - Aug 2020
Externally published	Yes

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