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08-10-2021 | Response to Letter to the Editor

Invited Response on: “Statistical P values have No Guiding Significance in Clinical Trials of Plastic Surgery with Small Sample Sizes”

Authors: Osama A. Samargandi, Connor McGuire

Published in: Aesthetic Plastic Surgery | Special Issue 1/2022

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Title: Invited Response on: “Statistical P values have No Guiding Significance in Clinical Trials of Plastic Surgery with Small Sample Sizes”
Authors: Osama A. Samargandi
Connor McGuire
Publication date: 08-10-2021
Publisher: Springer US
Published in: Aesthetic Plastic Surgery / Issue Special Issue 1/2022
Print ISSN: 0364-216X
Electronic ISSN: 1432-5241
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00266-021-02617-5

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