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Identifying randomized clinical trials in Spanish-language dermatology journals.
INTRODUCTION The necessary foundation for good clinical practice lies in knowledge derived from clinical research. Evidence from randomized clinical trials (RCTs) is the pillar on which decisions about therapy are based. OBJECTIVE To search exhaustively and rigorously to identify RCTs in dermatology journals published in Spanish. METHODS We located dermatology journals through the following...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Indian Dermatology Online Journal
سال: 2021
ISSN: 2229-5178
DOI: 10.4103/idoj.idoj_715_20