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Review
. 2001 Apr;174(4):262-5.
doi: 10.1136/ewjm.174.4.262.

Which guidelines can we trust?: Assessing strength of evidence behind recommendations for clinical practice

A Liberati  1 , R Buzzetti, R Grilli, N Magrini, S Minozzi
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Review

Which guidelines can we trust?: Assessing strength of evidence behind recommendations for clinical practice

A Liberati et al. West J Med. 2001 Apr.
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Where quality assessment can be carried out and classification of levels of evidence made explicit
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Should a healthy 5-year-old child be screened with urinalysis? [Marazzi/SPL]
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