Research Methods & Reporting
A GRADE Working Group approach for rating the quality of treatment effect estimates from network meta-analysis
BMJ 2014; 349 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.g5630 (Published 24 September 2014) Cite this as: BMJ 2014;349:g5630
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