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Updates6 September 2005Update in Gastroenterology and HepatologyRonald L. Koretz, MD and Timothy O. Lipman, MDRonald L. Koretz, MDFrom Olive View-UCLA Medical Center, Sylmar, California, and the Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Washington, DC.Search for more papers by this author and Timothy O. Lipman, MDFrom Olive View-UCLA Medical Center, Sylmar, California, and the Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Washington, DC.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-143-5-200509060-00010 SectionsAboutFull TextPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail We have several goals for this update, the most important one being to review the pertinent literature in gastroenterology and hepatology that appeared in 2004. Some of these papers contain important resource utilization implications that need debate. Others will provide opportunities to consider topics about critical reading of the literature.Several of the papers included in this update are systematic reviews. Systematic reviews differ from the usual review articles we read, known as narrative reviews. The systematic review is analogous to a research project. Before anything is written, a protocol is created. A very specific question is posed, and the ...
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