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When should we change our clinical practice based on the results of a clinical study? Study endpoints

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  1. Fondazione IRCCS Ca’ Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico di Milano, Milan, Italy

    Giorgio Costantino & Nicola Montano

  2. Dipartimento di Scienze Biomediche e Cliniche “L. Sacco”, Università degli Studi di Milano, Via G.B. Grassi, 74, 20157, Milan, Italy

    Nicola Montano & Giovanni Casazza

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Costantino, G., Montano, N. & Casazza, G. When should we change our clinical practice based on the results of a clinical study? Study endpoints. Intern Emerg Med 10, 875–877 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11739-015-1271-z

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