State of the art reporting of network meta-analyses

Network Meta-Analysis: Evidence Synthesis with Mixed Treatment Comparison

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 245-261

  Cipriani, Andrea ^a   Geddes, John R ^a   Chaimani, Anna ^b   Leucht, Stefan ^a,c   Salanti, Georgia ^b  

^a WARNEFORD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bias; graphical tools; inconsistency; meta analysis; randomized controlled trials; systematic review

Indexed keywords

EID: 84957713550     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: None     Document Type: Chapter

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