Supported by the Fundamental Research Funds for the CentralPublic Welfare Research Institutes of China(No.ZZ070818 andZ0259);National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.81072920 and 81303149)
Publication biases and collection limitations are the main disadvantages of a traditional meta-analysis based on aggregate patient data(APD)from published articles.Individual patient data(IPD)meta-analysis,as the ...