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Methodological Concerns of a Recent Network Meta-analysis Assessing Biologics for Eosinophilic Asthma

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  1. Value Evidence and Outcomes, GlaxoSmithKline, Uxbridge, UK

    N. B. Gunsoy

  2. Clinical Statistics, GlaxoSmithKline, Uxbridge, UK

    D. J. Bratton

  3. Value Evidence and Outcomes, GlaxoSmithKline, Upper Providence, USA

    R. Alfonso-Cristancho

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Gunsoy, N.B., Bratton, D.J. & Alfonso-Cristancho, R. Methodological Concerns of a Recent Network Meta-analysis Assessing Biologics for Eosinophilic Asthma. Lung 197, 105–106 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00408-018-0183-x

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