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- review
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- 58
- Issue
- 6
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- 543-549
- Citations
- 331
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John P. A. Ioannidis,
Thomas A Trikalinos
(2005).
Early extreme contradictory estimates may appear in published research: The Proteus phenomenon in molecular genetics research and randomized trials.
Journal of Clinical Epidemiology
, 58
(6)
, 543-549.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclinepi.2004.10.019
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- 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2004.10.019