When important steps for a reliable Meta-analysis are missing: the bevacizumab versus ranibizumab case

• 作者: Corrado Barbui Mauro Venegoni Ugo Moretti Valentino Conti
• 来源期刊: 国际眼科杂志：英文版
• 学科: 医学
• 关键词: MACULAR degeneration MISSING VERSUS STEPS observational latter limitations COMBINE confidence
• 年，卷（期）: 2015,（1）
• 页码范围: 204-205
• 页数: 2页
• 分类号: R774.5

摘要

【正】Dear Sir,W e have read with attention and interest the systematic review on the effectiveness and safety of bevacizumab and ranibizumab in the treatment of age-related macular degeneration(AMD)written by Zhang et al[1]and published on number of April 2014 of International Journal of Ophthalmology.The authors,who collected data from 4randomized clinical trials(RCTs)and 11 observational