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Recently, systematic reviews have found quantitative evidence that low study quality may have introduced a bias into preclinical stroke research. Monitoring, auditing, and standard operating procedures (SOPs) are already key elements of quality control in randomized clinical trials and will hopefully be widely adopted by preclinical stroke research in the near future. Increasingly, funding bodies and review boards overseeing animal experiments are taking a proactive stance, and demand auditable quality control measures in preclinical research. Every good quality control system is based on its SOPs. This article introduces the concept of quality control and presents for the first time an SOP in experimental stroke research.
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Dirnagl, U., Group, MS. Standard operating procedures (SOP) in experimental stroke research: SOP for middle cerebral artery occlusion in the mouse. Nat Prec (2012). https://doi.org/10.1038/npre.2012.3492.3
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