Laboratory Animal and Comparative Medicine, Volume. 45, Issue 4, 496(2025)

Recommendations for Standardized Reporting of Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analysis of Animal Experiments

ZHENG Qingyong1,2,3, YANG Donghua1,2,3,4, MA Zhichao5, ZHOU Ziyu5, LU Yang6, WANG Jingyu1,7, XING Lina1,2,3, KANG Yingying1,2,3, DU Li8, ZHAO Chunxiang9, DI Baoshan10,11, and TIAN Jinhui1,2,3、*
Author Affiliations
  • 1Evidence-Based Medicine Center, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, China
  • 2Key Laboratory of Evidence-based Medicine of Gansu Province, Lanzhou 730000, China
  • 3Research Unit of Evidence-Based Evaluation and Guidelines, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, China
  • 4Department of Public Health and Healthcare-associated Infection Management, Qinghai University Affiliated Hospital, Xining 810001, China
  • 5The Second Clinical Medical College of Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, China
  • 6Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology, Jiangsu Provincial Hospital of Integrated Traditional and Western Medicine, Nanjing 210028, China
  • 7Department of Pathophysiology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, China
  • 8The Third People's Hospital of Lanzhou, Lanzhou 730050, China
  • 9The First People's Hospital of Lanzhou City, Lanzhou 730050, China
  • 10First School of Clinical Medical, Gansu University of Chinese Medicine, Lanzhou 730000, China
  • 11Department of Emergency, Shenzhen Longgang Central Hospital, Shenzhen 518116, China
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    ZHENG Qingyong, YANG Donghua, MA Zhichao, ZHOU Ziyu, LU Yang, WANG Jingyu, XING Lina, KANG Yingying, DU Li, ZHAO Chunxiang, DI Baoshan, TIAN Jinhui. Recommendations for Standardized Reporting of Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analysis of Animal Experiments[J]. Laboratory Animal and Comparative Medicine, 2025, 45(4): 496

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    Received: Feb. 5, 2025

    Accepted: Sep. 10, 2025

    Published Online: Sep. 10, 2025

    The Author Email: TIAN Jinhui (tjh996@163.com)

    DOI:10.12300/j.issn.1674-5817.2025.017

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