Should systematic reviews include non-randomized and uncontrolled studies? The case of acupuncture for chronic headache

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 77-85

  Linde, Klaus ^a,c   Scholz, Michael ^b   Melchart, Dieter ^c   Willich, Stefan N ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acupuncture; Headache; Meta analysis; Migraine; Randomized controlled trial

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ACUPUNCTURE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; HEADACHE; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; META ANALYSIS; METHODOLOGY; MIGRAINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REVIEW;

ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIALS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRAINE DISORDERS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; SAMPLE SIZE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036137207     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0895-4356(01)00422-X     Document Type: Article

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