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LETTER
An international replication, and the need for long term follow up studies
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In 1999, a provocative letter was published in your journal1 concerning the use of d-penicillamine (DPA) in the neonatal period. The following statement was written: “Why, then, we wonder, has the demonstration of an effective mode of prevention of retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) in two randomised trials conducted more than 10 years ago in Hungary,2 failed to encourage others to undertake the independent replications needed to verify or refute such a promising approach?”
Now, we …
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