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Limitations of the Wilcoxon matched pairs signed ranks test for comparison studies
  1. P J Twomey1,
  2. A Viljoen2
  1. 1Department of Clinical Biochemistry, The Ipswich Hospital, Heath Road, Ipswich IP4 5PD, UK; taptwomey@aol.com
  2. 2Department of Clinical Biochemistry, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, Room S6114 Level 2, 51 Little France Crescent, Edinburgh EH16 4SA, UK

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