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Trends in IBD therapy: a meta-analytic approach

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Meta-analysis is more than a statistical technique for pooling data from multiple primary research reports. Instead it is a wholly new and precise discipline for gathering and transferring the results of primary research projects in a valid and understandable format so that they can be applied to patient care by physicians and those who set medical policy.

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  1. G. W. Whiting
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  2. J. Lau
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  3. B. Kupelnick
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  4. T. C. Chalmers
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Editors and Affiliations

  1. Division of Gastroenterology, The University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada

    L. R. Sutherland (Professor of Medicine, Head) (Professor of Medicine, Head)

  2. Division of Gastroenterology, McMaster University, Faculty of Health Sciences, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

    S. M. Collins (Chief) (Chief)

  3. Division of Gastroenterology, St Luc Hospital, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

    F. Martin (Professor of Medicine, Chief) (Professor of Medicine, Chief)

  4. Department of Surgery, University of Toronto, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

    R. S. McLeod (Head of the Clinical Epidemiology Program, Associate Professor) (Head of the Clinical Epidemiology Program, Associate Professor)

  5. Inflammatory Bowel Disease Center, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California, USA

    S. R. Targan (Director) (Director)

  6. Health Sciences Center, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

    J. L. Wallace (Professor of Medical Physiology and Medicine) (Professor of Medical Physiology and Medicine)

  7. Division of Gastroenterology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

    C. N. Williams (Professor and Head) (Professor and Head)

  8. Faculty of Medicine, Clinical Research Center, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

    C. N. Williams (Professor and Head) (Professor and Head)

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Whiting, G.W., Lau, J., Kupelnick, B., Chalmers, T.C. (1994). Trends in IBD therapy: a meta-analytic approach. In: Sutherland, L.R., et al. Inflammatory Bowel Disease. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-0371-5_21

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