Potential bias in ophthalmic pharmaceutical clinical trials.

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Published in Clin Ophthalmol on June 01, 2008

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Paul Varner1

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1: John J Pershing Veterans' Administration Medical Center, Poplar Bluff, Missouri, USA. paul.varner@va.gov

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