Correction
Following publication of this protocol [1], it was brought to the Editors’ attention in May 2014 that design of the study has been changed from a randomized controlled trial to a non-randomized study, and so will no longer follow the published protocol. For more information on the updated design and conduct of the study, please contact the corresponding author.
Footnotes
The online version of the original article can be found at 10.1186/1745-6215-12-158
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References
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