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Research reported in this article was funded through a Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute Award (ME-1402-10638). The views presented in this article are solely the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily represent the views of the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute, its Board of Governors, or Methodology Committee.
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Neal W. Dickert, JoAnne Brabson, Rodney J. Hunter, and Michele Riedford have no conflicts of interest that are directly relevant to the contents of this article.
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Dickert, N.W., Brabson, J., Hunter, R.J. et al. Patient-Consent Disconnects in Clinical Research. Patient 11, 577–579 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40271-018-0331-7
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