The endocrine society guidelines: When the confidence cart goes before the evidence horse

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 98, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 3246-3252

  Brito, Juan P ^a,b   Domecq, Juan P ^a,b   Murad, Mohammed H ^a   Guyatt, Gordon H ^c   Montori, Victor M ^a,b  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD PERUANA CAYETANO HEREDIA   (Peru)

^c MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; ENDOCRINE DISEASE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PATIENT CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; STANDARDIZATION; TAXONOMY;

ENDOCRINE SYSTEM DISEASES; HUMANS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL;

EID: 84881514684     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: 19457197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.2013-1814     Document Type: Article

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