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A small number of subjects do not always indicate that they are minor variants data for inclusion in a pooled analysis

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  1. Department of General Surgery, Wuxi People’s Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, No. 299, Qingyang Road, Wuxi, 214023, Jiangsu, China

    Pei-Hua Lu & Zhi-Yang Jiang

  2. Department of Oncology, Kunshan First People’s Hospital Affiliated to Jiangsu University, No.91, Qianjin Road, Kunshan, 215300, Jiangsu, China

    Min-Bin Chen

  3. Department of Traditional Chinese Medicine, First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, No.300, Guangzhou Road, Nanjing, 210029, Jiangsu, China

    Mu-Xin Wei

  4. Department of Gastroenterology, Xuzhou Chinese Medicine Hospital Affiliated to Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, No.80, Zhongshan South Road, Xuzhou, 221000, Jiangsu, China

    Chen Li

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Pei-Hua Lu, Min-Bin Chen and Mu-Xin Wei contributed equally to this work and should be considered as co-first authors.

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Lu, PH., Chen, MB., Wei, MX. et al. A small number of subjects do not always indicate that they are minor variants data for inclusion in a pooled analysis. Breast Cancer Res Treat 126, 249–252 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10549-010-1234-z

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