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. 2005 Nov;2(11):e365.
doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0020365. Epub 2005 Oct 18.

Beyond trial registration: a global trial bank for clinical trial reporting

Ida Sim  1 , Don E Detmer
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Beyond trial registration: a global trial bank for clinical trial reporting

Ida Sim et al. PLoS Med. 2005 Nov.

Abstract

The prose reporting of trial information could be powerfully augmented by a computable repository of trial information-a global "trial bank."

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Conflict of interest statement

Competing Interests: The authors declare that no competing interests exist.

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