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Table 1 Search Results

From: Deflazacort for the treatment of Duchenne Dystrophy: A systematic review

Source

Search Strategy

Number of citations identified

Number of Potentially Relevant Studies

Study Label

Total number of Different studies identified

Electronic Data Base Search

MEDLINE

narrow

17

5

A, B, C, D, E

N = 12

EMBASE

narrow

55

5

A, B, C, H, O

N = 12

MEDLINE

broad

241

5

A, B, C, D, E

N = 12

Current Contents

broad

83

0

 

N = 12

HealthStar

broad

60

4

A, B, C, D

N = 12

Psychlit

broad

2

0

 

N = 12

Dissertation Abstracts

broad

1

0

 

N = 12

Cochrane

broad

10

10

A, B, C, D, F, G, H, I, J, K

N = 12

Reference List Search *

   

3

L, M

N = 2

Expert Correspondence and Pharmaceutical Company Contact *

   

1

N

N = 1

Total Number of Potentially Relevant Studies Identified

N = 15

  1. * These totals are excluding those studies already identified via electronic searches