Abstracts reporting of HIV/AIDS randomized controlled trials in general medicine and infectious diseases journals: Completeness to date and improvement in the quality since CONSORT extension for abstracts

BMC Medical Research Methodology

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Bigna, Jean Joel R ^a   Noubiap, Jean Jacques N ^b,c   Asangbeh, Serra Lem ^a   Um, Lewis N ^d   Sime, Paule Sandra D ^d   Temfack, Elvis ^e,f   Tejiokem, Mathurin Cyrille ^a  

^a CENTRE PASTEUR DU CAMEROUN   (Cameroon)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^c Serology Unit   (Cameroon)

^d UNIVERSITY OF YAOUNDÉ I   (Cameroon)

^e DOUALA GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Cameroon)

^f INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

Abstract; AIDS; CONSORT; HIV; Randomized controlled trial; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

EID: 84992153574     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12874-016-0243-y     Document Type: Article

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