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The ongoing work of the Planning and Working Groups on Incidental Findings, Dr E Edwards, Co-chair, is gratefully acknowledged. The author also acknowledges Dr D Magnus for helpful discussions. Supported by NIH NS 045831.
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Illes, J. 'Pandora's box' of incidental findings in brain imaging research. Nat Rev Neurol 2, 60–61 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1038/ncpneuro0119
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