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01-06-2013 | Letter

Efficacy of osteoporosis therapies in a network meta-analysis with indirect comparisons: many concerns for new tools of evidence synthesis?

Authors: F. Catalá-López, G. Sanfélix-Gimeno, A. Tobías, I. Hurtado, J. Sanfélix-Genovés, S. Peiró

Published in: Osteoporosis International | Issue 6/2013

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Title: Efficacy of osteoporosis therapies in a network meta-analysis with indirect comparisons: many concerns for new tools of evidence synthesis?
Authors: F. Catalá-López
G. Sanfélix-Gimeno
A. Tobías
I. Hurtado
J. Sanfélix-Genovés
S. Peiró
Publication date: 01-06-2013
Publisher: Springer-Verlag
Published in: Osteoporosis International / Issue 6/2013
Print ISSN: 0937-941X
Electronic ISSN: 1433-2965
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00198-013-2294-9

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