Use of a Spin Strategy Can Result in Unreliable Research Findings

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Yasuyuki Okumura. Int J Neuropsychopharmacol. 2017.

. 2017 Jul 1;20(7):546-547.

doi: 10.1093/ijnp/pyx013.

¹ Research Department, Institute for Health Economics and Policy, Association for Health Economics Research and Social Insurance and Welfare, Tokyo, Japan.

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Response to Dr. Okumura.
Yamanouchi Y, Sukegawa T, Inagaki A, Inada T, Yoshio T, Yoshimura R, Iwata N. Yamanouchi Y, et al. Int J Neuropsychopharmacol. 2017 Jul 1;20(7):548-549. doi: 10.1093/ijnp/pyx020. Int J Neuropsychopharmacol. 2017. PMID: 28371917 Free PMC article. No abstract available.

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