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Research ethics
Sham surgery controls are mitigated trolleys
- Correspondence to: Dr R L Albin 4412D Kresge III, 200 Zina Pitcher Place, Ann Arbor, MI, 48109-0585, USA; ralbinumich.edu
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Sham surgery controls are mitigated trolleys
Publication history
- Received August 7, 2003
- Accepted January 19, 2004
- Revised December 15, 2003
- First published February 28, 2005.
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February 28, 2005
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