Comparing the incomparable: studies of echocardiographic rheumatic heart disease prevalence
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Comparing the incomparable: studies of echocardiographic rheumatic heart disease prevalence.
Authors’ reply We acknowledge the large heterogeneity in reported prevalence of rheumatic heart disease documented in our systematic review, and concur with Peter Murray and Caroline Shaw that the statistical combination of heterogeneous studies might have drawbacks. The exploration of potential sources of heterogeneity is therefore important and could provide more insight than the mechanistic ...
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عنوان ژورنال: The Lancet Global Health
سال: 2015
ISSN: 2214-109X
DOI: 10.1016/s2214-109x(15)70076-8