On the validity of meta-analyses: exhaustivity must be warranted, exclusion of duplicate patients too

Pambrun, Elodie; Bouteloup, Vincent; Thiébaut, Rodolphe; Asselineau, Julien; de Lédinghen, Victor; Perez, Paul; Steering Committee of the Transient Elastography Individual Patient Data meta-analysis Study (TE IPD Study),

doi:10.1016/j.jclinepi.2009.07.021

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On the validity of meta-analyses: exhaustivity must be warranted, exclusion of duplicate patients too

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

published online 18 January 2010.

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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).

PII: S0895-4356(09)00302-3

doi:10.1016/j.jclinepi.2009.07.021

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