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  1. Department of General Practice, Faculty of Medicine, Clermont Auvergne University, 28 place Henri Dunant, 63000, Clermont-Ferrand, France

    Philippe Vorilhon, Bastien Arpajou, Hélène Vaillant Roussel & Aurélie Cabaillot

  2. Clermont Auvergne University, CNRS, SIGMA Clermont, Institut Pascal, 63000, Clermont-Ferrand, France

    Philippe Vorilhon

  3. Clinical Investigation Center, INSERM-CIC 1401, Clermont-Ferrand University Hospital, 58 Rue Montalembert, 63000, Clermont-Ferrand, France

    Hélène Vaillant Roussel

  4. UPU ACCePPT, Clermont Auvergne University, 28 place Henri Dunant, 63000, Clermont-Ferrand, France

    Hélène Vaillant Roussel

  5. Pediatrics, Clermont-Ferrand University Hospital, Clermont-Ferrand, France

    Étienne Merlin

  6. Pediatrics, INSERM-CIC 1405, Clermont-Ferrand University Hospital, 1 place Lucie & Raymond Aubrac, 63003, Clermont-Ferrand Cedex 1, France

    Étienne Merlin

  7. Biostatistics Unit (Clinical Research and Innovation Department), Clermont-Ferrand University Hospital, 58 Rue Montalembert, 63000, Clermont-Ferrand, France

    Bruno Pereira

  8. Clermont Auvergne University, Inserm 1107, Neuro-Dol, Observatoire Français des Médicaments Antalgiques (OFMA), 63001, Clermont-Ferrand, France

    Aurélie Cabaillot

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Vorilhon, P., Arpajou, B., Vaillant Roussel, H. et al. Authors’ response to letter to the editor: “Meta-analysis on vitamin C and the common cold in children may be misleading”. Eur J Clin Pharmacol 75, 1749–1750 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00228-019-02734-w

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