Systematic review finds that study data not published in full text articles have unclear impact on meta-analyses results in medical research.

<h4>Background</h4>A meta-analysis as part of a systematic review aims to provide a thorough, comprehensive and unbiased statistical summary of data from the literature. However, relevant study results could be missing from a meta-analysis because of selective publication and inadequate...

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Published in:	PLoS ONE
Main Authors:	Christine M Schmucker, Anette Blümle, Lisa K Schell, Guido Schwarzer, Patrick Oeller, Laura Cabrera, Erik von Elm, Matthias Briel, Joerg J Meerpohl, OPEN consortium
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Online Access:	https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0176210