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Preferred reporting items for systematic review and meta-analysis protocols (PRISMA-P) 2015: elaboration and explanation

BMJ 2015; 349 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.g7647 (Published 02 January 2015) Cite this as: BMJ 2015;349:g7647

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ETHICS IN (PRISMA-P) 2015: elaboration and explanation

Very nice and useful article. As far as I can see, there are no ethics aspects within items in PRISMA-P.

Should it be of value to obtain a positive report from an Ethics Committee before performing the systematic review or it is just an unnecessary step?

Thanks for such a wonderful paper.

Carlos

Competing interests: No competing interests

07 December 2015
CARLOS OLIVAN
Psychiatrist / Postgraduate student
CSM Lorca, SERVICIO MURCIANO DE SALUD. SPAIN