The effects of excluding patients from the analysis in randomised controlled trials: meta-epidemiological study.
OBJECTIVE: To examine whether excluding patients from the analysis of randomised trials are associated with biased estimates of treatment effects and higher heterogeneity between trials. DESIGN: Meta-epidemiological study based on a collection of meta-analyses of randomised trials. DATA SOURCES: 14...
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| Format: | Journal article |
| Language: | English |
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2009
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