Meta-analysis: The sciencie of review in neirology;Metaanálisis: La ciencia de la revisión en neurología

Revista de Neurologia

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 222-228

  Allam, Mohamed Farouk ^a   Del Castillo, A S ^a   Navajas, R F C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CÓRDOBA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Clinical practice; Meta analysis; Narrative review; Neurological investigations; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PRACTICE; HYPOTHESIS; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; META ANALYSIS; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; HUMAN; LITERATURE; MATHEMATICS; METHODOLOGY; NEUROLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY;

HUMANS; MATHEMATICS; META-ANALYSIS; NEUROLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESEARCH DESIGN; REVIEW LITERATURE;

EID: 24344439866     PISSN: 02100010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.33588/rn.4004.2004093     Document Type: Review

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