Original ArticleA proposed framework to guide evidence synthesis practice for meta-analysis with zero-events studies
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Keywords
Meta-analysis
zero-events studies
classification framework
guideline
evidence synthesis practice
decision-making
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Funding: L.F.K. is funded by an Australian National Health and Medical Research Council Fellowship (APP1158469).
Conflicts of interest: None declared.
Authors’ contributions: C.X. conceived and designed the study; C.X. drafted the manuscript; L.F.K., L.Z., L.L., and S.V. provided methodological comments and revised the manuscript. All authors approved the final version to be published.
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