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Bias and misleading concepts in an Arnica research study. Comments to improve experimental Homeopathy

Basic experimental models in Homeopathy are of major interest because they could get insightful data about the ability of high dilutions to work in a biological system. Due to the extreme difficulty in the highlighting any possible effect and trusting its reliability, methods should be particularly...

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Autores principales: Chirumbolo, Salvatore, Bjørklund, Geir
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5884037/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29496319
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jaim.2017.01.014
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description Basic experimental models in Homeopathy are of major interest because they could get insightful data about the ability of high dilutions to work in a biological system. Due to the extreme difficulty in the highlighting any possible effect and trusting its reliability, methods should be particularly stringent and highly standardized. Confounders, handling process, pre-analytical errors, misleading statistics and misinterpretations may lead to experimental biases. This article tries to elucidate those factors causing bias, taking into account some recent reported evidence in the field.
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spelling pubmed-58840372018-04-06 Bias and misleading concepts in an Arnica research study. Comments to improve experimental Homeopathy Chirumbolo, Salvatore Bjørklund, Geir J Ayurveda Integr Med Discussion Kernel Basic experimental models in Homeopathy are of major interest because they could get insightful data about the ability of high dilutions to work in a biological system. Due to the extreme difficulty in the highlighting any possible effect and trusting its reliability, methods should be particularly stringent and highly standardized. Confounders, handling process, pre-analytical errors, misleading statistics and misinterpretations may lead to experimental biases. This article tries to elucidate those factors causing bias, taking into account some recent reported evidence in the field. Elsevier 2018 2018-02-26 /pmc/articles/PMC5884037/ /pubmed/29496319 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jaim.2017.01.014 Text en © 2017 Transdisciplinary University, Bangalore and World Ayurveda Foundation. Publishing Services by Elsevier B.V. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5884037/
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