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Letter to the Editor| Volume 34, ISSUE 4, P577-579, August 2021

Authors’ Response: Can a Three-Arm RCT With Two Active Drugs Have One Placebo? Yes, the Literature Contains Many

  • Ahmed S.A. Ashour
    Correspondence
    Address correspondence to: Ahmed S.A. Ashour, Cairo University Kasr Alainy, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 19 ali ashour street, marriotya haram giza, Giza, Egypt 11231, Egypt
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    Department of obstetrics and gynecology, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt
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  • Ahmed S. Ali
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    Faculty of Medicine, Al Azhar University, Egypt
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  • on behalf ofall co-authors
Published:March 20, 2021DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpag.2021.03.006
      We highly appreciate the comments of Prof. Ben W. Mol with regard to our study
      • Ashour ASA
      • El Sharkawy M
      • Ali AS
      • et al.
      Comparative efficacy of vaginal misoprostol vs vaginal dinoprostone administered 3 hours prior to Copper T380A intrauterine device insertion in nulliparous women: a randomized controlled trial.
      and would like to address his comments.
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