Systematic reviews followed by clinical trials, followed by systematic reviews

this is how the uncertainties in medicine are reduced

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  • Álvaro Nagib Atallah

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Álvaro Nagib Atallah

Physician. Full professor and head of the Discipline of Urgent Medicine and EvidenceBased Medicine of Universidade Federal de São Paulo — Escola Paulista de Medicina (Unifesp-EPM). Director of the Brazilian Cochrane Center and Scientifi c Director of Associação Paulista de Medicina (APM).

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2007-03-03

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Atallah Álvaro N. Systematic reviews followed by clinical trials, followed by systematic reviews: this is how the uncertainties in medicine are reduced. Sao Paulo Med J [Internet]. 2007 Mar. 3 [cited 2025 Mar. 9];125(2):71-2. Available from: https://periodicosapm.emnuvens.com.br/spmj/article/view/2066

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