Methodological challenges in indirect treatment comparisons
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Indirect Comparisons: A Review of Reporting and Methodological Quality
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عنوان ژورنال: International Clinical Psychopharmacology
سال: 2018
ISSN: 0268-1315
DOI: 10.1097/yic.0000000000000215