The CARE guidelines: Consensus-based clinical case report guideline development

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 46-51

  Gagnier, Joel J ^a,b   Kienle, Gunver ^c   Altman, Douglas G ^d   Moher, David ^e,f   Sox, Harold ^g   Riley, David ^h   Allaire, Alyshia ⁱ   Aronson, Jeffrey ^j   Carpenter, James ^a   Gagnier, Joel ^b   Hanaway, Patrick ^k   Hayes, Carolyn ^l   Jones, David ^k   Kaszkin Bettag, Marietta ^m   Kidd, Michael ⁿ   Kiene, Helmut ^c   Kligler, Ben ^o   Knutson, Lori ^p   Koch, Christian ^q   Milgate, Karen ^r   Mittelman, Michele ^s   Oltean, Hanna ^b   Plotnikoff, Greg ^t   Rison, Richard Alan ^u   Sethi, Anil ^v   Shamseer, Larissa ^e   Smith, Richard ^w   Tugwell, Peter ^f   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WITTEN HERDECKE   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^e OTTAWA HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^g DARTMOUTH INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH POLICY AND CLINICAL PRACTICE   (United States)

^h Global Advances in Health and Medicine   (United States)

ⁱ Institute for Functional Medicine ^*  (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^k Institute for Functional Medicine   (United States)

^l BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^m GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

ⁿ FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^o BETH ISRAEL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^p Integrative Healthcare Solutions   (United States)

^q UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

^r Independent Consultant   (United States)

^s Global Advances in Health and Medicine   (United States)

^t Penny George Institute for Health and Healing   (United States)

^u UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^v JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^w UnitedHealth Chronic Disease Initiative   (United Kingdom)

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Author keywords

Case report; Case study; EQUATOR network; Health research reporting guidelines; Meaningful use; Patient reports

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHECKLIST; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONSENSUS; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; INTERVIEW; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT INFORMATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 84888308413     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: 18785921     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2013.08.003     Document Type: Article

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