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Comment
. 2020 Dec;108(6):1132-1134.
doi: 10.1002/cpt.1992. Epub 2020 Aug 8.

The Promise, and Challenges, of Methods to Enhance the External Validity of Randomized Trial Results

Elizabeth A Stuart  1 , Catherine R Lesko  2
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The Promise, and Challenges, of Methods to Enhance the External Validity of Randomized Trial Results

Elizabeth A Stuart et al. Clin Pharmacol Ther. 2020 Dec.
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Conflict of Interest: The authors declared no competing interests for this work.

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