Publication bias in reports of animal stroke studies leads to major overstatement of efficacy.

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Published in PLoS Biol on March 30, 2010

Authors

Emily S Sena1, H Bart van der Worp, Philip M W Bath, David W Howells, Malcolm R Macleod

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1: Centre for Clinical Brain Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom.

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