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World J Meta-Anal. Feb 26, 2015; 3(1): 20-25
Published online Feb 26, 2015. doi: 10.13105/wjma.v3.i1.20
Published online Feb 26, 2015. doi: 10.13105/wjma.v3.i1.20
Fate of meta-analyses: The case of Helicobacter pylori
György Miklós Buzás, Department of Gastroenterology, Ferencváros Health Centre, 1095 Budapest, Hungary
Author contributions: Buzás GM designed the manuscript, acquired and analysed the data and drafted the paper independently.
Conflict-of-interest: I disclose any financial or personal relationship with other people/organization that could inappropriately influence their work (employment, consultancies, stock ownerships, honoraria, paid expert testimony, patent applications/registrations, and grants or other funding.
Data sharing: I declare that the data the present manuscript is based on meta-analysis published in the literature, there are no personal data concerning the patients or any other person, and the manuscript was not shared with any unauthorized person. There were no persons/participants who would have given informed consent, so there are definitely no harms outweighing the potential benefits.
Correspondence to: György Miklós Buzás, MD, PhD, Department of Gastroenterology, Ferencváros Health Centre, Mester utca 45, 1095 Budapest, Hungary. drbgym@gmail.com
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Received: October 2, 2014
Peer-review started: October 6, 2014
First decision: October 28, 2014
Revised: November 20, 2014
Accepted: December 3, 2014
Article in press: December 10, 2014
Published online: February 26, 2015
Processing time: 109 Days and 20.2 Hours
Peer-review started: October 6, 2014
First decision: October 28, 2014
Revised: November 20, 2014
Accepted: December 3, 2014
Article in press: December 10, 2014
Published online: February 26, 2015
Processing time: 109 Days and 20.2 Hours
Core Tip
Core tip: The article provides a subjective overview of the meta-analysis published on the subject of Helicobacter pylori, profiling the topic, their distribution in literature, giving examples of over- and underuse, and revealing a discordance between the low implementation of meta-analysis in guidelines and their importance as top-level evidence.