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Conflict of interest: It is ethical for an investigator to also be the primary care-giver in a clinical trial

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Bernstein, M. Conflict of interest: It is ethical for an investigator to also be the primary care-giver in a clinical trial. J Neurooncol 63, 107–108 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1023959021758

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