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Invited Response on: “Statistical P values have No Guiding Significance in Clinical Trials of Plastic Surgery with Small Sample Sizes”

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Samargandi, O.A., McGuire, C. Invited Response on: “Statistical P values have No Guiding Significance in Clinical Trials of Plastic Surgery with Small Sample Sizes”. Aesth Plast Surg 46 (Suppl 1), 31–32 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00266-021-02617-5

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