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Comment
. 2020 Jul:77:139-140.
doi: 10.1016/j.ejim.2020.04.057. Epub 2020 Apr 30.

The quality of the reported sample size calculation in clinical trials on COVID-19 patients indexed in PubMed

Paul H Lee  1
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The quality of the reported sample size calculation in clinical trials on COVID-19 patients indexed in PubMed

Paul H Lee. Eur J Intern Med. 2020 Jul.
No abstract available

Keywords: Protocol; SARS-CoV-2; Sample size; Statistics; Trials.

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