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Outcome measures in trials: the systematic reviewer’s point of view

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  1. Eye Clinic, Department of Translational Surgery and Medicine, University of Florence, Florence, Italy

    Gianni Virgili

  2. Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA

    Kristina Lindsley

  3. Dipartimento di Epidemiologia del Servizio Sanitario Regionale, Lazio, Italy

    Laura Amato

  4. International Centre for Eye Health, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK

    Jennifer Evans

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Virgili, G., Lindsley, K., Amato, L. et al. Outcome measures in trials: the systematic reviewer’s point of view. Intern Emerg Med 11, 265–267 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11739-015-1356-8

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