CONSORT and QUOROM statements revisited: Standards of reporting of randomized controlled trials in general surgery

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 248, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1106-1107

  Knobloch, Karsten ^a   Gohritz, Andreas ^a   Vogt, Peter M ^a  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTHOR; CLINICAL TRIAL; DATA ANALYSIS; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; GENERAL SURGERY; HUMAN; LETTER; META ANALYSIS; METHODOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STANDARDIZATION; NOTE; PEER REVIEW; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PUBLISHING; STANDARD;

GENERAL SURGERY; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; META-ANALYSIS AS TOPIC; PEER REVIEW, RESEARCH; PUBLISHING; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC;

EID: 58149384934     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: 15281140     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SLA.0b013e31818f9c81     Document Type: Letter

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