Journal of Clinical Epidemiology
Volume 56, Issue 12 , Pages 1157-1162 , December 2003

Why are patients in clinical trials of heart failure not like those we see in everyday practice?

,Accepted 2 June 2003.

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doi: 10.1016/S0895-4356(03)00205-1

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology
Volume 56, Issue 12 , Pages 1157-1162 , December 2003

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