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ArticleCMAJ : Canadian Medical Association journal = journal de l'Association medicale canadienne2017

Response to "Selection bias".

Andrea K Boggild, Michael Libman, Cedric P Yansouni, David O Freedman, Susan Kuhn, Pierre Plourde, Yazdan Mirzanejad, Jan Hajek, Sumontra Chakrabarti, Jennifer Geduld and 4 more

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Article in CMAJ : Canadian Medical Association journal = journal de l'Association medicale canadienne, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

14 authors.

Andrea K BoggildClinical Director, Tropical Disease Unit, Toronto General Hospital; Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.
Michael LibmanProfessor, The J.D. MacLean Centre for Tropical Diseases, McGill University, Montréal, Que.
Cedric P YansouniAssistant Professor, The J.D. MacLean Centre for Tropical Diseases, McGill University, Montréal, Que.
David O FreedmanProfessor, Department of Medicine, Center for Geographic Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Ala.
Susan KuhnAssociate Professor, Departments of Pediatrics and Medicine, Section of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Alberta Children's Hospital and University of Calgary, Calgary, Alta.
Pierre PlourdeMedical Officer of Health, Travel Health and Tropical Medicine Services, Population and Public Health Program, Winnipeg Regional Health Authority, Winnipeg, Man.
Yazdan MirzanejadClinical Assistant Professor, Division of Infectious Diseases, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC; Vancouver site Co-director, Fraser Health, Surrey, BC.
Jan HajekClinical Assistant Professor, Division of Infectious Diseases, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC.
Sumontra ChakrabartiLecturer, Department of Medicine, Tropical Disease Unit, Division of Infectious Diseases, University Health Network and University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.; Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine Specialist, Trillium Health Partners, Mississauga, Ont.
Jennifer GeduldEpidemiologist, Office of Border and Travel Health, Public Health Agency of Canada, Ottawa, Ont.
Anne E McCarthyProfessor, Tropical Medicine and International Health Clinic, Division of Infectious Diseases, Ottawa Hospital and University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ont.
Jean VinceletteClinical Professor, Hôpital Saint-Luc du CHUM, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Que.
Wayne GhesquiereDivision Chief of Infectious Diseases, Vancouver Island Health Authority, Victoria, BC; Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC.
Kevin C KainProfessor, Department of Medicine, Tropical Disease Unit, Division of Infectious Diseases, University Health Network and University of Toronto; Director, SAR Laboratories, Sandra Rotman Centre, Toronto, Ont.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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Selection BiasHumans

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PMID28483851
PMCPMC5422155

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