Reboxetine and the missing data

Reboxetine and the missing data

Author: The BMJ August 28, 2013 Duration: 24:41

This week Beate Wieseler from IQWiG (Institut für Qualität und Wirtschaftlichkeit im Gesundheitswesen) tells us how they uncovered data on the antidepressant reboxetine.

Also Angela Thomas and Julia Anderson, haematologists from the Comprehensive Care Haemophilia and Thrombosis Centre, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, explain how to investigate a child who bruises easily.


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