On the validity of meta-analyses: exhaustivity must be warranted, exclusion of duplicate patients too
published online 18 January 2010.
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Centre d'Investigation Clinique-Epidémiologie Clinique INSERM – CHU de Bordeaux (CIC-EC7), Centre de Recherche INSERM U897, Université V. Segalen Bordeaux 2, ISPED, Case 11, 146 Léo-Saignat - 33076 Bordeaux Cedex, France
Conflicts of interest: The Sterring Committee of Transient Elastography Individual Patient Data Meta-analysis Study includes authors of publications reporting primary studies. One of the author's database (Victor de Lédinghen) is the property of Fibroscan® manufacturer (Echosens, France).
