Methods for including information from multi-arm trials in pairwise meta-analysis

Research Synthesis Methods

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 392-403

  Rücker, Gerta ^a   Cates, Christopher J ^b   Schwarzer, Guido ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b ST GEORGE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

multi arm trials; multiplicity; network meta analysis; pairwise meta analysis

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ALGORITHM; BREAST TUMOR; CHEMISTRY; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); FACTUAL DATABASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LITERATURE; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); METHODOLOGY; PELARGONIUM; PROCEDURES; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY; ALGORITHMS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; META-ANALYSIS AS TOPIC; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PELARGONIUM; RESEARCH DESIGN; REVIEW LITERATURE AS TOPIC;

EID: 85037076462     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17592887     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jrsm.1259     Document Type: Article

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