A WARNING TO READERS ABOUT THE TERM METANALYSIS IN NON-SYSTEMATIC REVIEWS ABOUT DIABETIC RETINOPATHY: DOCUMENTAL STUDY

A warning to readers about the term metanalysis in non-systematic reviews about diabetic retinopathy: documental study

BACKGROUND: Meta-analysis is a very seductive term in scientific papers because it summarizes a compilation of quantitative results; however its interpretation must be done carefully.OBJECTIVE: Search the diabetic retinopathy intervention literature for the occurrence of the term meta-analysis in non-systematic reviews, showing the reader read more

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Evaluation of pathogenicity of Salmonella Gallinarum strains harbouring deletions in genes whose orthologues are conserved pseudogenes in S. Pullorum.

The diseases caused by Salmonella Gallinarum and S.Pullorum in chickens known as fowl typhoid and sofia barclay sexy pullorum disease, respectively, pose a great threat to the poultry industry mainly in developing countries, since they have already been controlled in the developed ones.These bacteria are very similar at the genomic level but develo

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Further characterization of the effect of the prototypical antidepressant imipramine on the microstructure of licking for sucrose.

We previously reported that treatment with the prototypical antidepressant imipramine induced a dose-dependent reduction of the ingestion of a 10% sucrose solution, due to reduction of the licking burst number, thus suggesting reduced motivation and/or increased satiation.Importantly, the experimental sessions were performed in an alternate order,

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