A scoping review of comparisons between abstracts and full reports in primary biomedical research

A scoping review of comparisons between abstracts and full reports in primary biomedical research

Abstract Background Evidence shows that research abstracts are commonly inconsistent with their corresponding full reports, and may mislead readers. In this scoping review, which is part of our series on the state of reporting of primary biomedical research, we summarized the evidence from systemati...

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Main Authors: Guowei Li, Luciana P. F. Abbade, Ikunna Nwosu, Yanling Jin, Alvin Leenus, Muhammad Maaz, Mei Wang, Meha Bhatt, Laura Zielinski, Nitika Sanger, Bianca Bantoto, Candice Luo, Ieta Shams, Hamnah Shahid, Yaping Chang, Guangwen Sun, Lawrence Mbuagbaw, Zainab Samaan, Mitchell A. H. Levine, Jonathan D. Adachi, Lehana Thabane
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-12-01
Series:BMC Medical Research Methodology
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Abstract
Scoping review
Inconsistent reporting
Deficiency
Accuracy
Discrepancy
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12874-017-0459-5

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