Dehmoobad Sharifabadi, Anahita
Leeflang, Mariska
Treanor, Lee
Kraaijpoel, Noemie
Salameh, Jean-Paul
Alabousi, Mostafa
Asraoui, Nabil
Choo-Foo, Jade
Takwoingi, Yemisi
Deeks, Jonathan J.
McInnes, Matthew D. F. http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8404-4075
Article History
Received: 21 November 2018
Revised: 30 December 2018
Accepted: 24 January 2019
First Online: 21 March 2019
Compliance with ethical standards
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: The scientific guarantor of this publication is Matthew McInnes.
: The authors of this manuscript declare no relationships with any companies whose products or services may be related to the subject matter of the article.
: Several authors have significant statistical expertise (Drs McInnes, Leeflang, Deeks).
: Written informed consent was not required for this study because evaluation of published literature is N/A.Written informed consent was waived by the Institutional Review Board.
: Institutional Review Board approval was not required because this is an evaluation of published literature.
: • retrospective• cross-sectional study• multicenter study