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Since the first articles by Sackett in the 1990s (Sackett and Rosenberg 1995), evidence based medicine (EBM) has developed considerably. Defined as “the integration of the best research evidence with clinical expertise and patients’ values”, EBM is an attempt to improve the care of our patients.
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Rzany, B., Nast, A. (2007). Evidence Based Medicine’s Perspective on Biologics. In: Boehncke, WH., Radeke, H.H. (eds) Biologics in General Medicine. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-29018-6_18
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