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The CARE Guidelines: Consensus-based Clinical Case Report Guideline Development

Joel J. Gagnier
, ND, MSc, PhD,
Gunver KienleInstitute for Applied Epistemology and Medical Methodology, University of Witten/Herdecke, Freiburg, Germany
, Dr med,
Douglas G. AltmanCentre for Statistics in Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
, DSc,
David MoherOttawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, Canada;Department of Epidemiology and Community Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada
, PhD,
Harold SoxThe Dartmouth Institute and Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Hannover, NH, USA
, MD,
David RileyGlobal Advances in Health and Medicine, Portland, OR, USACorrespondence[email protected]
, MD & the CARE Group* show all
Pages 381-390 | Received 18 Jul 2013, Accepted 29 Jul 2013, Published online: 15 Nov 2013

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