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A brief proposal for improving clinical trials

Recent advances in diagnostics may significantly inspire and streamline clinical trials

Molecular Psychiatry volume 21, pages 736–737 (2016)Cite this article

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This work was supported by an NIH Directors’ New Innovator Award (1DP2OD007363) and a VA Merit Award (2I01CX000139) to ABN. I would like to thank members of the Niculescu group for their excellent work over the years, and helpful discussions and comments, particularly, Helen Le-Niculescu, Daniel Levey and Peter Phalen.

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  2. Stark Neuroscience Research Institute, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, USA

    A B Niculescu

  3. Indianapolis Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Indianapolis, IN, USA

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