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Review
. 2006 Apr 22;332(7547):969-71.
doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7547.969.

Reporting attrition in randomised controlled trials

Jo C Dumville  1 , David J Torgerson, Catherine E Hewitt
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Review

Reporting attrition in randomised controlled trials

Jo C Dumville et al. BMJ. .

Abstract

Loss to follow-up can greatly affect the strength of a trial's findings. But most reports do not give readers enough information for them to be able to understand the potential effects

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