CONSORT 2010 Explanation and Elaboration: Updated guidelines for reporting parallel group randomised trials.

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Published in J Clin Epidemiol on March 25, 2010

Authors

David Moher1, Sally Hopewell, Kenneth F Schulz, Victor Montori, Peter C Gøtzsche, P J Devereaux, Diana Elbourne, Matthias Egger, Douglas G Altman, Consolidated Standards of Reporting Trials Group

Author Affiliations

1: Ottawa Methods Centre, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa Hospital, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. dmoher@ohri.ca

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