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. 2013 Mar;2(2):10-1.
doi: 10.7453/gahmj.2013.012.

Case reports in the era of clinical trials

David Riley  1
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Case reports in the era of clinical trials

David Riley. Glob Adv Health Med. 2013 Mar.

Abstract

Once upon a time, case reports were the primary content of scholarly medical journals. Case reports are still common but have come to be viewed more often than not as anecdotes rather than evidence. And even though David Sackett referred to the important link between clinical expertise and external evidence,(1) the "gold standard" today is the randomized controlled clinical trial. Why is this?

Keywords: CARE guidelines; Case reports; clinical trials; evidence.

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