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Ongoing innovation in meta-analysis.

Updating the Italian Society for Rheumatology recommendations for biologic therapy in adult patients with inflammatory rheumatic diseases.

Systematic review of MRI, ultrasound, and scintigraphy as outcome measures for structural pathology in interventional therapeutic studies of knee arthritis: focus on responsiveness.

A review of critical appraisal tools show they lack rigor: Alternative tool structure is proposed.

Education as a predictor of chronic periodontitis: a systematic review with meta-analysis population-based studies.

Medical management of cerebellar abscess: a case report and review of the literature.

Primary cardiac myxomas: report of 28 cases and review the literature.

Meta-analyses of small numbers of trials often agree with longer-term results.

Combining heterogenous studies using the random-effects model is a mistake and leads to inconclusive meta-analyses.

Dietary supplements, quality scores and missing data in the review of validation studies.

Dietary supplements, quality scores and missing data in the review of validation studies.

Assessing the influence of health on rural outmigration in Alaska.

Evidence-based practice, step by step: Critical appraisal of the evidence: part III.

[Quality of diagnostic accuracy studies: QUADAS (Quality Assessment of Diagnostic Accuracy Studies Included in Systematic Reviews)].

Quality control in systematic reviews and meta-analyses.

Using Cochrane reviews for oral diseases.

Economic evaluation of healthcare safety: which attributes of safety do healthcare professionals consider most important in resource allocation decisions?

Screening for prostate cancer

Challenges of hand hygiene in healthcare: the development of a tool kit to create supportive processes and environments.

The value of informal caregiver time for psychotic illness.