Is network meta-analysis as valid as standard pairwise meta-analysis? It all depends on the distribution of effect modifiers

Jansen et al. (Thu,) studied this question.

www.synapsesocial.com/papers/69d9dfb8a1d151c65f6855a8 — DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/1741-7015-11-159

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