Is network meta-analysis as valid as standard pairwise meta-analysis? It all depends on the distribution of effect modifiers

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Jeroen P Jansen
Huseyin Naci
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[1] Mapi,LSE Health & Social Care
[2] Tufts University School of Medicine,undefined
[3] London School of Economics & Political Science,undefined
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BMC Medicine | / 11卷
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Bias; Comparative effectiveness; Confounding; Effect modification; Indirect comparison; Meta-analysis; Mixed treatment comparison; Network meta-analysis; Randomized controlled trial; Systematic review;
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