Is the endocrine research pipeline broken? A systematic evaluation of the Endocrine Society clinical practice guidelines and trial registration

BMC Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Singh Ospina, Naykky ^a   Rodriguez Gutierrez, Rene ^a   Brito, Juan P ^a   Young, William F ^a   Montori, Victor M ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Endocrine Society; Endocrinology guidelines; GRADE system; Very low quality evidence

Indexed keywords

TESTOSTERONE;

ANDROGEN THERAPY; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CUSHING SYNDROME; DIABETES MELLITUS; ENDOCRINOLOGY; EVALUATION STUDY; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HUMAN; INFORMATION; KNOWLEDGE GAP; MEDICAL RESEARCH; OBESITY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREGNANCY; REGISTER; THYROID DISEASE; VERY LOW QUALITY EVIDENCE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; MALE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); STANDARDS; UNITED STATES;

BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; ENDOCRINOLOGY; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84938844630     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17417015     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12916-015-0435-z     Document Type: Article

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