Journal of Clinical Epidemiology
Volume 63, Issue 3 , Pages 342-343 , March 2010

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

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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

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology
Volume 63, Issue 3 , Pages 342-343 , March 2010

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