Quality of reporting of studies evaluating time to diagnosis: a systematic review in paediatrics.

Elise Launay; Michele Morfouace; Catherine Deneux-Tharaux; Christèle Gras le-Guen; Philippe Ravaud; Martin Chalumeau

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Quality of reporting of studies evaluating time to diagnosis: a systematic review in paediatrics.

December 18, 2013

Launay E, Morfouace M, Deneux-Tharaux C, et al. Arch Dis Child. 2014;99(3):244-50.

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Despite a rapidly growing number of studies evaluating time to diagnosis in pediatrics, this review found that these publications generally lack high quality methods and reporting.

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