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Surgical Endoscopy
Published in: Surgical Endoscopy 8/2009

01-08-2009 | Letter--Reply

Reply to: “Requirements for applying a case–control study model and clinical significance of changes in the visual analogue scale score in abdominal pain”

Authors: Graziano Ceccarelli, Luciano Casciola, Massimo Codacci-Pisanelli, Alberto Bartoli, Lelio Di Zitti, Alessandro Spaziani, Alessia Biancafarina, Massimo Stefanoni, Alberto Patriti

Published in: Surgical Endoscopy | Issue 8/2009

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We greatly appreciated the detailed epidemiologic explanation of a case–control study but we do not believe that our study design biases the results presented. …
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Metadata
Title
Reply to: “Requirements for applying a case–control study model and clinical significance of changes in the visual analogue scale score in abdominal pain”
Authors
Graziano Ceccarelli
Luciano Casciola
Massimo Codacci-Pisanelli
Alberto Bartoli
Lelio Di Zitti
Alessandro Spaziani
Alessia Biancafarina
Massimo Stefanoni
Alberto Patriti
Publication date
01-08-2009
Publisher
Springer-Verlag
Published in
Surgical Endoscopy / Issue 8/2009
Print ISSN: 0930-2794
Electronic ISSN: 1432-2218
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00464-009-0494-3

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