Compliance to the CONSORT statement of randomized controlled trials in solid organ transplantation: A 3-year overview

Transplant International

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 300-306

  Liu, Liang Q ^a   Morris, Peter J ^a   Pengel, Liset H M ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

CONSORT compliance; methodological quality; randomized controlled trials; solid organ transplantation

Indexed keywords

CHECKLIST; COCHRANE LIBRARY; DATA ANALYSIS; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MEDLINE; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; STUDY DESIGN;

FEMALE; GRAFT REJECTION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; GREAT BRITAIN; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; QUALITY CONTROL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84874107281     PISSN: 09340874     EISSN: 14322277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/tri.12034     Document Type: Review

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