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Zhelnov P. A critical appraisal of ‘Donahue KE, Schulman ER, Gartlehner G, Jonas BL, Coker-Schwimmer E, Patel SV, Weber RP, Bann CM, Viswanathan M. Comparative Effectiveness of Combining MTX with Biologic Drug Therapy Versus Either MTX or Biologics Alone for Early Rheumatoid Arthritis in Adults: a Systematic Review and Network Meta-analysis. J Gen Intern Med. 2019 Oct;34(10):2232-2245. doi: 10.1007/s11606-019-05230-0. Epub 2019 Aug 6. Erratum in: J Gen Intern Med. 2020 May 26;: PMID: 31388915; PMCID: PMC6816735’. Zheln. 2020 Nov 18;47(1):r559d16. URI: https://zheln.com/record/2020/11/16/559/.

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2. 🔄 Meets Shojania & Bero 2001 True Positive Criteria for Systematic Reviews by Either Title or Abstract?
3. 🔄 Full Text or Other Reports Collected by Zheln
4. 🔄 Generates Pragmatic Evidence Directly Relevant to Evidence-Based Practice?
5. 🔄 Is Duplicate?
6. 🔄 Passed or Failed Replication?
7. 🔄 Has Critical Conduct Flaws?
8. 🔄 Liked or Disliked by Zheln?
9. 🔄 Practical Implications Summarized by Zheln
10. 🔄 Appraisal Published & Call for Crowdfunding

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