Meta-analysis in allergy—Statistical recommendations
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Michal Ordak
Department of Pharmacotherapy and Pharmaceutical Care, Faculty of Pharmacy, Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland
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Michal Ordak, Department of Pharmacotherapy and Pharmaceutical Care, Medical University of Warsaw, 1 Banacha Street, 02-097 Warsaw, Poland.
Email: [email protected]
Search for more papers by this authorGiorgio Walter Canonica
Department of Biomedical Sciences, Humanitas University, Milan, Italy
Personalized Medicine, Asthma and Allergy, IRCCS Humanitas Research Hospital, Milan, Italy
Search for more papers by this authorGiovanni Paoletti
Department of Biomedical Sciences, Humanitas University, Milan, Italy
Personalized Medicine, Asthma and Allergy, IRCCS Humanitas Research Hospital, Milan, Italy
Search for more papers by this authorLiusa Brussino
SCDU Immunologia e Allergologia, AO Ordine Mauriziano di Torino, Torino, Italy
Dipartimento di Scienze Mediche, Università degli Studi di Torino, Torino, Italy
Search for more papers by this authorDaniela Carvalho
NOVA National School of Public Health, Public Health Research Centre, Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal
Search for more papers by this authorDanilo Di Bona
Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, School of Allergology and Clinical Immu-nology, University of Foggia, Foggia, Italy
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Michal Ordak
Department of Pharmacotherapy and Pharmaceutical Care, Faculty of Pharmacy, Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland
Correspondence
Michal Ordak, Department of Pharmacotherapy and Pharmaceutical Care, Medical University of Warsaw, 1 Banacha Street, 02-097 Warsaw, Poland.
Email: [email protected]
Search for more papers by this authorGiorgio Walter Canonica
Department of Biomedical Sciences, Humanitas University, Milan, Italy
Personalized Medicine, Asthma and Allergy, IRCCS Humanitas Research Hospital, Milan, Italy
Search for more papers by this authorGiovanni Paoletti
Department of Biomedical Sciences, Humanitas University, Milan, Italy
Personalized Medicine, Asthma and Allergy, IRCCS Humanitas Research Hospital, Milan, Italy
Search for more papers by this authorLiusa Brussino
SCDU Immunologia e Allergologia, AO Ordine Mauriziano di Torino, Torino, Italy
Dipartimento di Scienze Mediche, Università degli Studi di Torino, Torino, Italy
Search for more papers by this authorDaniela Carvalho
NOVA National School of Public Health, Public Health Research Centre, Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal
Search for more papers by this authorDanilo Di Bona
Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, School of Allergology and Clinical Immu-nology, University of Foggia, Foggia, Italy
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