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On the Urgent Need for Successful Randomized Controlled Trials in Neurosciences

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 December 2014

Samuel Wiebe  and
Michael D. Hill
Samuel Wiebe
Affiliation:
University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Michael D. Hill
Affiliation:
University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences , Volume 38 , Issue 3 , May 2011 , pp. 383 - 384
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