Not only randomized controlled trials, but also case series should be considered in systematic reviews of rapidly developing technologies
- 31 December 2009
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Elsevier BV in Journal of Clinical Epidemiology
- Vol. 62 (12), 1253-1260.e4
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclinepi.2008.12.010
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