Introduction to the GRADE Approach for Evidence-Based Clinical Practice Guideline Development

Eu Chang Hwang; Jae Hung Jung

doi:10.14777/uti.2019.14.1.26

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Hwang and Jung: Introduction to the GRADE Approach for Evidence-Based Clinical Practice Guideline Development

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Urogenit Tract Infect 2019;14(1):26-27.

Published online: 20 April 2019

DOI: https://doi.org/10.14777/uti.2019.14.1.26

Introduction to the GRADE Approach for Evidence-Based Clinical Practice Guideline Development

Eu Chang Hwang, Jae Hung Jung^1,^2,

Department of Urology, Chonnam National University Hwasun Hospital, Chonnam National University Medical School, Hwasun, Korea

¹Department of Urology, Yonsei University Wonju College of Medicine, Wonju, Korea

²Institute of Evidence Based Medicine, Yonsei University Wonju College of Medicine, Wonju, Korea

Correspondence to: Jae Hung Jung https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4990-7098 Department of Urology, Yonsei University Wonju College of Medicine, 20 Ilsan-ro, Wonju 26426, Korea Tel: +82-33-741-0652, Fax: +82-33-741-1930, E-mail: geneuro95@yonsei.ac.kr

Received 17 April 2019 Revised 26 April 2019 Accepted 26 April 2019

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