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Systematic reviews in paediatric multiple sclerosis and Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease exemplify shortcomings in methods used to evaluate therapies in rare conditions

BACKGROUND: Randomized controlled trials (RCTs) are the gold standard design of clinical research to assess interventions. However, RCTs cannot always be applied for practical or ethical reasons. To investigate the current practices in rare diseases, we review evaluations of therapeutic intervention...

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Autores principales: Unkel, Steffen, Röver, Christian, Stallard, Nigel, Benda, Norbert, Posch, Martin, Zohar, Sarah, Friede, Tim
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4761188/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26897367
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13023-016-0402-6