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. 2004 Feb;57(2):219-20; author reply 221.

doi: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2003.03.002.

Goodbye, number needed to treat?

Elie Akl, Holger Schünemann

PMID: 15125633
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2003.03.002

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Goodbye, number needed to treat?

Elie Akl et al. J Clin Epidemiol. 2004 Feb.

. 2004 Feb;57(2):219-20; author reply 221.

doi: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2003.03.002.

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Elie Akl, Holger Schünemann

PMID: 15125633
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2003.03.002

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Number needed to treat: easily understood and intuitively meaningful? Theoretical considerations and a randomized trial.
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