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. 2014 Oct 14;11(10):e1001744.
doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1001744. eCollection 2014 Oct.

Critical appraisal and data extraction for systematic reviews of prediction modelling studies: the CHARMS checklist

Karel G M Moons  1 , Joris A H de Groot  1 , Walter Bouwmeester  1 , Yvonne Vergouwe  1 , Susan Mallett  2 , Douglas G Altman  3 , Johannes B Reitsma  1 , Gary S Collins  3
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Critical appraisal and data extraction for systematic reviews of prediction modelling studies: the CHARMS checklist

Karel G M Moons et al. PLoS Med. .

Abstract

Carl Moons and colleagues provide a checklist and background explanation for critically appraising and extracting data from systematic reviews of prognostic and diagnostic prediction modelling studies. Please see later in the article for the Editors' Summary.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

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