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Deferred Consent in Pediatric Drug Trials: Moving from Why to How

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  1. Division of Neonatology and Child Health Evaluative Sciences, The Hospital for Sick Children, 686 Bay Street, Toronto, ON, M5G 0A4, Canada

    Martin Offringa

  2. Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada

    Martin Offringa

  3. Department of Pediatrics and Child Health, Rady Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada

    Terry P. Klassen

  4. Children’s Hospital Research Institute of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada

    Terry P. Klassen

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Offringa, M., Klassen, T.P. Deferred Consent in Pediatric Drug Trials: Moving from Why to How. Pediatr Drugs 23, 533–535 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40272-021-00480-0

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