Distribution and epidemiological characteristics of published individual patient data meta-analyses.

BACKGROUND: Individual patient data meta-analyses (IPDMAs) prevail as the gold standard in clinical evaluations. We investigated the distribution and epidemiological characteristics of published IPDMA articles. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS: IPDMA articles were identified through comprehensive lite...

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Main Authors: Yafang Huang, Chen Mao, Jinqiu Yuan, Zuyao Yang, Mengyang Di, Wilson Wai-san Tam, Jinling Tang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4063791?pdf=render