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28 September 2019 5,207 3 View
Hi, For example: If I have 20 eligible studies (Both case-control studies and cross-sectional studies without any control group ) coming out of a systematic search. Can I do meta-analysis with 10...
27 March 2019 6,784 6 View
I have encountered two studies (observational) where the number of events is zero (0) for both disease (0 events out of 70 subjects) and control subjects (0 events out of 50 subjects). Meaning...
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Funnel plot usually gives you an idea of publication bias via visual inspection; however I came across Begg's or Egger's regression tests. Do I need to do both visual and mathematical assessments?...
22 April 2016 6,273 11 View
MOOSE: Meta-analysis of observational studies in epidemiology: a proposal for reporting. Meta-analysis Of Observational Studies in Epidemiology (MOOSE) group (2000) PRISMA: Preferred reporting...
12 March 2016 3,909 5 View
Do I have to include a certain type of observational study [i.e. cross-sectional study, longitudinal study, cohort study (retrospective & prospective) and case-control study] or all of the...
08 March 2016 2,254 9 View
According to the last diagnostic criteria of antiphospholipid syndrome (APS) (Miyakis 2006), anticardiolipin antibody (aCL) has to be > 40 GPL (IgG) or > 40 MPL (IgM). However, most of the...
02 March 2016 3,286 4 View
If the patients' Activated Partial Thromboplastin Time (APTT) is prolonged, can we conclude that the patient is Lupus Anticoagulant (LA) positive? Is there any way to diagnose whether the patient...
16 January 2016 3,953 3 View
Sometimes it takes too long time for the journals to come up with a rejection (I have highest experience of 8 months). On the other hand, we are not encouraged or (it's possibly prohibited) to...
26 May 2015 8,120 17 View
I used expired (1 year) DNase (along MgCl2 during RNA purification and got abnormal 260/230 as well as very low concentration. Before purification the conc. was high (180ng/uL), however after...
21 May 2015 6,387 4 View
Will it be okay if I use PBS buffer stored for less than 2 years?
10 September 2014 2,371 4 View
Hi, Anyone has experience to work with RNA stabilizing reagent? If yes, which product you used and how was your stability result?
18 August 2014 9,889 2 View