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Review
. 2002 Sep 21;325(7365):652-4.
doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7365.652.

Post-randomisation exclusions: the intention to treat principle and excluding patients from analysis

Dean Fergusson  1 , Shawn D Aaron, Gordon Guyatt, Paul Hébert
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Review

Post-randomisation exclusions: the intention to treat principle and excluding patients from analysis

Dean Fergusson et al. BMJ. .
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