Meta-analytical methods to identify who benefits most from treatments: daft, deluded, or deft approach?
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1London Hub for Trials Methodology Research, MRC Clinical Trials Unit, University College London, London, UK 2Department of Medical Statistics, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK Correspondence to: D J Fisher [email protected] Additional material is published online only. To view please visit the journal online. Cite this as: BMJ 2017;356:j573 http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmj.j573
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