Integrating ancillary studies in a large clinical trial: the design and rationale of the APEX library.

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Published in Contemp Clin Trials on July 01, 2008

Authors

Kenneth W Mahaffey1, Craig J Reist, Yuling Fu, Sorin J Brener, Pierre Theroux, Manesh R Patel, Amanda Stebbins, Cynthia M Westerhout, Thomas G Todaro, Peter X Adams, Christopher B Granger, Paul W Armstrong, APEX Library Study Investigators

Author Affiliations

1: Duke Clinical Research Institute, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27705, USA. mahaf002@mc.duke.edu

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