What is the point of databases of reviews for dermatology if all they compile is "insufficient evidence"?

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 635-639

  Parker, Eva R ^b   Schilling, Lisa M ^b   Diba, Victoria ^c   Williams, Hywel C ^c   Dellavalle, Robert P ^a,b,d  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c QUEEN S MEDICAL CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAREGIVER; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; DERMATOLOGY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 1642345066     PISSN: 01909622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0190-9622(03)00883-1     Document Type: Article

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