The development of network meta-analysis.

What it found

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The trial behind it

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Who cites it

14 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

1. Comparative effects of structured exercise protocols on depression and anxiety symptoms: a network meta-analysis.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2026
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2. Effect of antibiotic regimens for bloodstream infections caused by KPC-producing enterobacter: a network meta-analysis.Frontiers in medicine · 2026
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3. Effect of neuromuscular blocking agents on tracheal intubation quality in paediatric patients: a systematic review using network meta-analysis and meta-regression.British journal of anaesthesia · 2025
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4. The influence of different intervention measures on improving mobile phone addiction among teenagers or young adults: a systematic review and network meta-analysis.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2025
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5. Time- and risk-dependent effects of dual antiplatelet therapy targeting the P2Y12 receptor after CABG: A network meta-analysis of graft permeability and clinical outcomes.Journal of thrombosis and thrombolysis · 2026
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6. Inflammatory cytokine alterations in autism spectrum disorder and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder: a systematic review and network meta-analysis.European child & adolescent psychiatry · 2026
   Review
7. The importance of incorporation of real-world evidence into the guidelines on the pharmacological treatment of schizophrenia.European archives of psychiatry and clinical neuroscience · 2025
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8. Exploring the Transitivity Assumption in Network Meta-Analysis: A Novel Approach and Its Implications.Statistics in medicine · 2025
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9. The Impact of Different Types of Exercise on Executive Functions in Overweight/Obese Individuals: A Systematic Review and Network Meta-Analysis.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024
   Review
10. An empirical study on 209 networks of treatments revealed intransitivity to be common and multiple statistical tests suboptimal to assess transitivity.BMC medical research methodology · 2024
    Article
11. Local inconsistency detection using the Kullback-Leibler divergence measure.Systematic reviews · 2024
    Article
12. Efficacy and safety of perioperative therapy for locally resectable gastric cancer: A network meta-analysis of randomized clinical trials.World journal of gastrointestinal oncology · 2024
    Article
13. [Evidence-based versus expertise-based medicine in orthopedic and trauma surgery : There is nothing more practical than a good theory].Orthopadie (Heidelberg, Germany) · 2023
    Review
14. Moral distress and the importance of data.Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine · 2022
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