[Clinical equipoise and systematic reviews of randomized controlled trials].

Med Clin (Barc)

División de Farmacoepidemiología y Farmacovigilancia, Agencia Española de Medicamentos y Productos Sanitarios (AEMPS), Madrid, España.

Published: December 2015

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