About the Authors
- Christine Schmucker
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Affiliation German Cochrane Centre, Medical Center – University of Freiburg, Berliner Allee 29, 79110 Freiburg, Germany
- Lisa K. Schell
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Affiliation German Cochrane Centre, Medical Center – University of Freiburg, Berliner Allee 29, 79110 Freiburg, Germany
- Susan Portalupi
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Affiliation German Cochrane Centre, Medical Center – University of Freiburg, Berliner Allee 29, 79110 Freiburg, Germany
- Patrick Oeller
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Affiliation German Cochrane Centre, Medical Center – University of Freiburg, Berliner Allee 29, 79110 Freiburg, Germany
- Laura Cabrera
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Affiliation German Cochrane Centre, Medical Center – University of Freiburg, Berliner Allee 29, 79110 Freiburg, Germany
- Dirk Bassler
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Affiliation Department of Neonatology, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
- Guido Schwarzer
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Affiliation Institute of Medical Biometry and Statistics, Medical Center – University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
- Roberta W. Scherer
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Affiliation US Cochrane Center, John Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
- Gerd Antes
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Affiliation German Cochrane Centre, Medical Center – University of Freiburg, Berliner Allee 29, 79110 Freiburg, Germany
- Erik von Elm
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Affiliation Cochrane Switzerland, Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine (IUMSP), University Hospital Lausanne, Biopôle 2, Route de la Corniche 10, 1010 Lausanne, Switzerland
- Joerg J. Meerpohl
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* E-mail: meerpohl@cochrane.de
Affiliation German Cochrane Centre, Medical Center – University of Freiburg, Berliner Allee 29, 79110 Freiburg, Germany
- on behalf of the OPEN consortium
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¶The complete membership of the OPEN consortium is provided in the Acknowledgements.
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: JM CS SP. Performed the experiments: CS LKS PO LC JM. Analyzed the data: GS CS JM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: GS. Wrote the paper: CS. Involved in data interpretation and commented on drafts of the manuscript: GA DB RWS JM SP LKS GS EvE.