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What is an individual patient data meta-analysis?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 May 2011

Andrea Cipriani*
Affiliation:
Department of Medicine and Public Health, Section of Psychiatry and Clinical Psychology, University of Verona(Verona)
Corrado Barbui
Affiliation:
Department of Medicine and Public Health, Section of Psychiatry and Clinical Psychology, University of Verona(Verona)
*
Address for correspondence: Dr. A. Cipriani, Department of Medicine and Public Health, Section of Psychiatry and Clinical Psychology, University of Verona, Piazzale L.A. Scuro, 10 - 37134 Verona (Italy). Fax: +39-045-585.871 E-mail: andrea.cipriani@univr.it

Abstract

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Type
ABC of Methodology
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2007

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