On the validity of meta-analyses: exhaustivity must be warranted, exclusion of duplicate patients too

J Clin Epidemiol. 2010 Mar;63(3):342-3. doi: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2009.07.021. Epub 2010 Jan 15.

Authors

Elodie Pambrun, Vincent Bouteloup, Rodolphe Thiébaut, Julien Asselineau, Victor de Lédinghen, Paul Perez; Steering Committee of the Transient Elastography Individual Patient Data meta-analysis Study (TE IPD Study)

PMID: 20079606
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2009.07.021

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Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Elasticity Imaging Techniques
Humans
Meta-Analysis as Topic*
Patient Selection
Reproducibility of Results
Review Literature as Topic
Selection Bias