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	1.	Systematic review update F-18-fluoro-2-deoxyglucose positron emission tomography (PET) and PET/computed tomography imaging in primary staging of patients with malignant melanoma: a systematic review Milly A Schröer-Günther, Robert F Wolff, Marie E Westwood, Fülöp J Scheibler, Christoph Schürmann, Brigitta G Baumert, Stefan Sauerland, Jos Kleijnen Systematic Reviews 2012, 1:62 (13 December 2012) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed \| Cited on BioMed Central
	2.	Commentary Access to regulatory data from the European Medicines Agency: the times they are a-changing Beate Wieseler, Natalie McGauran, Michaela F Kerekes, Thomas Kaiser Systematic Reviews 2012, 1:50 (30 October 2012) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed
	3.	Methodology A note on the graphical presentation of prediction intervals in random-effects meta-analyses Charlotte Guddat, Ulrich Grouven, Ralf Bender, Guido Skipka Systematic Reviews 2012, 1:34 (28 July 2012) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed
	4.	Methodology Routine development of objectively derived search strategies Elke Hausner, Siw Waffenschmidt, Thomas Kaiser, Michael Simon Systematic Reviews 2012, 1:19 (29 February 2012) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed
	5.	Research article Reporting of loss to follow-up information in randomised controlled trials with time-to-event outcomes: a literature survey Elke Vervölgyi, Mandy Kromp, Guido Skipka, Ralf Bender, Thomas Kaiser BMC Medical Research Methodology 2011, 11:130 (21 September 2011) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed \| Cited on BioMed Central
	6.	Methodology Application of GRADE: Making evidence-based recommendations about diagnostic tests in clinical practice guidelines Jonathan Hsu, Jan L Brożek, Luigi Terracciano, Julia Kreis, Enrico Compalati, Airton Stein, Alessandro Fiocchi, Holger J Schünemann Implementation Science 2011, 6:62 (10 June 2011) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed \| Cited on BioMed Central
	7.	Research article Ethical issues in autologous stem cell transplantation (ASCT) in advanced breast cancer: A systematic literature review Sigrid Droste, Annegret Herrmann-Frank, Fueloep Scheibler, Tanja Krones BMC Medical Ethics 2011, 12:6 (15 April 2011) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed
	8.	Research article The dopamine β-hydroxylase -1021C/T polymorphism is associated with the risk of Alzheimer's disease in the Epistasis Project Onofre Combarros, Donald R Warden, Naomi Hammond, Mario Cortina-Borja, Olivia Belbin, Michael G Lehmann, Gordon K Wilcock, Kristelle Brown, Patrick G Kehoe, Rachel Barber, Eliecer Coto, Victoria Alvarez, Panos Deloukas, Rhian Gwilliam, Reinhard Heun, Heike Kölsch, Ignacio Mateo, Abderrahim Oulhaj, Alejandro Arias-Vásquez, Maaike Schuur, Yurii S Aulchenko, M Arfan Ikram, Monique M Breteler, Cornelia M van Duijn, Kevin Morgan, A David Smith, Donald J Lehmann BMC Medical Genetics 2010, 11:162 (11 November 2010) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed
	9.	Research article Configural frequency analysis as a method of determining patients' preferred decision-making roles in dialysis Sabine Loeffert, Oliver Ommen, Christine Kuch, Fueloep Scheibler, Andrej Woehrmann, Conrad Baldamus, Holger Pfaff BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making 2010, 10:47 (11 September 2010) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed
	10.	Research article Identifying nurse staffing research in Medline: development and testing of empirically derived search strategies with the PubMed interface Michael Simon, Elke Hausner, Susan F Klaus, Nancy E Dunton BMC Medical Research Methodology 2010, 10:76 (23 August 2010) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed \| Cited on BioMed Central
	11.	Review Reporting bias in medical research - a narrative review Natalie McGauran, Beate Wieseler, Julia Kreis, Yvonne-Beatrice Schüler, Heike Kölsch, Thomas Kaiser Trials 2010, 11:37 (13 April 2010) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed \| Cited on BioMed Central
	12.	Research Replication by the Epistasis Project of the interaction between the genes for IL-6 and IL-10 in the risk of Alzheimer's disease Onofre Combarros, Cornelia M van Duijn, Naomi Hammond, Olivia Belbin, Alejandro Arias-Vásquez, Mario Cortina-Borja, Michael G Lehmann, Yurii S Aulchenko, Maaike Schuur, Heike Kölsch, Reinhard Heun, Gordon K Wilcock, Kristelle Brown, Patrick G Kehoe, Rachel Harrison, Eliecer Coto, Victoria Alvarez, Panos Deloukas, Ignacio Mateo, Rhian Gwilliam, Kevin Morgan, Donald R Warden, A David Smith, Donald J Lehmann Journal of Neuroinflammation 2009, 6:22 (23 August 2009) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed \| f1000 \| f1000
	13.	Research article Effectiveness of screening preschool children for amblyopia: a systematic review Christine Schmucker, Robert Grosselfinger, Rob Riemsma, Gerd Antes, Stefan Lange, Wolf Lagrèze, Jos Kleijnen BMC Ophthalmology 2009, 9:3 (16 July 2009) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed \| Editor’s summary Research on the effectiveness of screening pre-schoolers for amblyopia - colloquially called lazy eye - is underpowered, fails to adequately examine outcomes and studies only a proportion of recruited children.
	14.	Research article Calculation of NNTs in RCTs with time-to-event outcomes: A literature review Mandy Hildebrandt, Elke Vervölgyi, Ralf Bender BMC Medical Research Methodology 2009, 9:21 (20 March 2009) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed \| Cited on BioMed Central
	15.	Research article Disagreement in primary study selection between systematic reviews on negative pressure wound therapy Frank Peinemann, Natalie McGauran, Stefan Sauerland, Stefan Lange BMC Medical Research Methodology 2008, 8:41 (26 June 2008) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed \| Cited on BioMed Central
	16.	Research article Negative pressure wound therapy: Potential publication bias caused by lack of access to unpublished study results data Frank Peinemann, Natalie McGauran, Stefan Sauerland, Stefan Lange BMC Medical Research Methodology 2008, 8:4 (11 February 2008) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed \| Cited on BioMed Central
	17.	Research article Randomised controlled comparison of the Health Survey Short Form (SF-12) and the Graded Chronic Pain Scale (GCPS) in telephone interviews versus self-administered questionnaires. Are the results equivalent? Margitta Lungenhausen, Stefan Lange, Christoph Maier, Claudia Schaub, Hans J Trampisch, Heinz G Endres BMC Medical Research Methodology 2007, 7:50 (22 November 2007) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed \| Editor’s summary Comparison of data obtained from telephone interviews and self-administered questionnaires revealed that the data obtained are mostly equivalent, although there were differences in reported mental status scores depending on which survey mode was administered first.
	18.	Research article Profound influence of different methods for determination of the ankle brachial index on the prevalence estimate of peripheral arterial disease Stefan F Lange, Hans-Joachim Trampisch, David Pittrow, Harald Darius, Matthias Mahn, Jens R Allenberg, Gerhart Tepohl, Roman L Haberl, Curt Diehm, BMC Public Health 2007, 7:147 (6 July 2007) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed \| Cited on BioMed Central \| 1 comment
	19.	Research article Developing search strategies for clinical practice guidelines in SUMSearch and Google Scholar and assessing their retrieval performance Andrea Haase, Markus Follmann, Guido Skipka, Hanna Kirchner BMC Medical Research Methodology 2007, 7:28 (30 June 2007) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed
	20.	Research article Calculating confidence intervals for impact numbers Mandy Hildebrandt, Ralf Bender, Ulrich Gehrmann, Maria Blettner BMC Medical Research Methodology 2006, 6:32 (12 July 2006) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed \| Cited on BioMed Central \| 3 comments \| Editor’s summary The calculation of confidence intervals for impact numbers, which express the population impact of exposures in the form of case numbers, is possible through known methods of attributable risk measures.
	21.	Study protocol Predicting the risk of falling – efficacy of a risk assessment tool compared to nurses' judgement: a cluster-randomised controlled trial [ISRCTN37794278] Gabriele Meyer, Sascha Köpke, Ralf Bender, Ingrid Mühlhauser BMC Geriatrics 2005, 5:14 (10 November 2005) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed