Embracing failure: What the Phase III progesterone studies can teach about TBI clinical trials.

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Published in Brain Inj on August 14, 2015

Authors

Donald G Stein1

Author Affiliations

1: a Department of Emergency Medicine , Emory University , Atlanta , GA , USA.

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