Methodological quality and synthesis of case series and case reports

Evidence-Based Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2018, Pages 60-63

  Murad, Mohammad Hassan ^a   Sultan, Shahnaz ^b   Haffar, Samir ^c   Bazerbachi, Fateh ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c Digestive center for diagnosis and treatment   (Syrian Arab Republic)

Author keywords

epidemiology

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CASE STUDY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PHYSICIAN; STUDY DESIGN; SYNTHESIS; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 85044842924     PISSN: 13565524     EISSN: 14736810     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjebm-2017-110853     Document Type: Article

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