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The role of placebo control in clinical trials for neurodegenerative diseases
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Nature Medicine 29, 2682-2683 (2023)
doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41591-023-00080-0
Acknowledgements
MND-SMART and related activities are funded by the Euan MacDonald Centre for MND Research at the University of Edinburgh, MND Scotland, My Name’5 Doddie Foundation, the MND Association, the Alan Davidson Foundation, the Anne Rowling Regenerative Neurology Clinic at the University of Edinburgh, and the UK Dementia Research Institute, which receives its funding from UK DRI, funded by the Medical Research Council, the Alzheimer’s Society and Alzheimer’s Research UK. The views expressed in this publication are those of the authors and not necessarily those of the funders.
Competing interests
The authors declare no competing interests.
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