CONSORT 2010 explanation and elaboration: updated guidelines for reporting parallel group randomised trials.

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Published in Int J Surg on October 12, 2011

Authors

David Moher1, Sally Hopewell, Kenneth F Schulz, Victor Montori, Peter C Gøtzsche, P J Devereaux, Diana Elbourne, Matthias Egger, Douglas G Altman, CONSORT

Author Affiliations

1: Ottawa Methods Centre, Clinical Epidemiology Program, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa Hospital, Ottawa, Ontario K1H 8L6, Canada. dmoher@ohri.ca

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