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Liddell, K., Kompanje, E., Lemaire, F. et al. Recommendations in relation to the EU Clinical Trials Directive and Medical Research Involving Incapacitated Adults. Wien Klin Wochenschr 118, 183–191 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00508-006-0577-2
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