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Re: "Did You Write a Protocol Before Starting Your Project?"

Overview
Journal Gen Thorac Cardiovasc Surg
Specialties Cardiology & Vascular Diseases
General Surgery
Pulmonary Medicine
Date 2016 Mar 19
PMID 26987340
Authors
Shivanchan Rajmohan
Buket Gundogan
Riaz A Agha
Affiliations
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Abstract

We read the article "did you write a protocol before starting your project?" by Bando et al. In this letter, we express our opinion regarding the importance of writing protocols prior to starting projects.

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