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Comment
. 2020 Apr 30;61(2):198-200.
doi: 10.3325/cmj.2020.61.198.

Meta-analysis is not always the best way to round out a systematic review: a few thoughts prompted by the COVID-19 pandemic and "spiced-up" with an earthquake

Vladimir Trkulja  1 , Pero Hrabač
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Meta-analysis is not always the best way to round out a systematic review: a few thoughts prompted by the COVID-19 pandemic and "spiced-up" with an earthquake

Vladimir Trkulja et al. Croat Med J. .
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    Borges do Nascimento IJ, Cacic N, Abdulazeem HM, von Groote TC, Jayarajah U, Weerasekara I, Esfahani MA, Civile VT, Marusic A, Jeroncic A, Carvas Junior N, Pericic TP, Zakarija-Grkovic I, Meirelles Guimarães SM, Luigi Bragazzi N, Bjorklund M, Sofi-Mahmudi A, Altujjar M, Tian M, Arcani DMC, O'Mathúna DP, Marcolino MS. Borges do Nascimento IJ, et al. J Clin Med. 2020 Mar 30;9(4):941. doi: 10.3390/jcm9040941. J Clin Med. 2020. PMID: 32235486 Free PMC article.

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