The usefulness of systematic reviews of animal experiments for the design of preclinical and clinical studies

ILAR Journal

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 427-437

  de Vries, Rob B M ^a   Wever, Kimberley E ^a   Avey, Marc T ^b   Stephens, Martin L ^c   Sena, Emily S ^d,e   Leenaars, Marlies ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b OTTAWA HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^e FLOREY INSTITUTE OF NEUROSCIENCE AND MENTAL HEALTH   (Australia)

Author keywords

3Rs; Animal ethics; Animal model; Evidence based preclinical medicine; Experimental design; Metaanalysis; Systematic review; Translation

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; DISEASE MODEL; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); METHODOLOGY;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENTATION; ANIMALS; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; HUMANS; META-ANALYSIS AS TOPIC; MODELS, ANIMAL; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 84928174528     PISSN: 10842020     EISSN: 19306180     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ilar/ilu043     Document Type: Article

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