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Pooling of trials is not appropriate in the case of heterogeneity
  1. C W Bollen,
  2. C S P M Uiterwaal,
  3. A J van Vught
  1. University Medical Centre, Lundlaan 6, Utrecht, the Netherlands; c.w.bollen@umcutrecht.nl

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