title: The CONSORT 2010 guidelines: sound advice, spotty compliance.
authors.affiliation: Dr. Grimes is from Family Health International, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina and the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, UNC School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, North Carolina; e-mail: dgrimes@fhi.org.
authors.forename: David A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Grimes
mesh_terms: D019983:Guideline Adherence / Q000592:standards / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D017408:Guidelines as Topic / Q000592:standards*; D010506:Periodicals as Topic / Q000592:standards; D016032:Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic / Q000592:standards*
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