Evidence of publication bias in reporting acute stroke clinical trials

Neurology

Volumn 67, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 973-979

  Liebeskind, David S ^a,b   Kidwell, Chelsea S ^b,d,e   Sayre, James W ^b,c   Saver, Jeffrey L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e WASHINGTON HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COCHRANE LIBRARY; DATA ANALYSIS; DISEASE REGISTRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; INTERVENTION STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDLINE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; REFERENCE DATABASE; SCORING SYSTEM; STROKE; THERAPY DELAY;

CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CLINICAL TRIALS; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; HUMANS; MEDLINE; META-ANALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PUBLICATION BIAS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33748994804     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/01.wnl.0000237331.16541.ac     Document Type: Article

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