On the validity of meta-analyses: exhaustivity must be warranted, exclusion of duplicate patients too

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 342-343

  Pambrun, Elodie ^a   Bouteloup, Vincent ^a   Thiébaut, Rodolphe ^a   Asselineau, Julien ^a   de Lédinghen, Victor ^a   Perez, Paul ^a  

^a BORDEAUX UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA BASE; LETTER; MEDICAL LITERATURE; META ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VALIDITY;

ELASTICITY IMAGING TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; META-ANALYSIS AS TOPIC; PATIENT SELECTION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; REVIEW LITERATURE AS TOPIC; SELECTION BIAS;

EID: 75849137197     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2009.07.021     Document Type: Letter

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