Individual Participant Data (IPD) Meta-analyses of Diagnostic and Prognostic Modeling Studies: Guidance on Their Use
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1 Julius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands, 2 The Dutch Cochrane Centre, Julius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands, 3 Research Institute for Primary Care and Health Sciences, Keele University, Staffordshire, The United Kingdom, 4 Radboud Institute for Health Sciences, Radboudumc Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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