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Common sense won: engagement from experts repealed Norwegian restrictions for ICU research

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  1. Department of Intensive Care Medicine, St. Olavs University Hospital, 7006, Trondheim, Norway

    Pål Klepstad

  2. Department Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, Haukeland Hospital, 5021, Bergen, Norway

    Anne Berit Guttormsen

  3. Department of Anaesthesiolgy and Emergency Medicine, St. Olavs University Hospital, 7006, Trondheim, Norway

    Ola Dale

  4. Department Circulation and Medical Imaging, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, 7489, Trondheim, Norway

    Pål Klepstad & Ola Dale

  5. Department of Surgical Sciences, University of Bergen, 5007, Bergen, Norway

    Anne Berit Guttormsen

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The official translation into English of the amended Biobank Act has not yet been published; therefore, the translations in this paper have been done by the authors and may be different from those of the forthcoming official governmental English version.

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Klepstad, P., Guttormsen, A.B. & Dale, O. Common sense won: engagement from experts repealed Norwegian restrictions for ICU research. Intensive Care Med 33, 1827–1828 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00134-007-0759-z

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