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The effects of excluding patients from the analysis in randomised controlled trials: meta-epidemiological study
BMJ 2009; 339 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.b3244 (Published 07 September 2009) Cite this as: BMJ 2009;339:b3244
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