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3.2.4.3  Examples of changes to protocols that do not indicate a new citation version

The following amendments should not typically lead to a protocol being classed as a new citation version, unless the protocol also fulfills one or both of the two criteria in Box 3.2.b. Such changes will result in an amendment to the published protocol, but the existing citation will be maintained.