Reporting quality of case reports in international dermatology journals

Medical case reports provide new and often important information about diseases, pathogeneses, adverse effects, or treatments. [1] However, they have been shown to favor positive results and can lead to publication bias. [2, 3] Some leading journals have been reducing space for case reports or even declining them because of concerns about impact factor. [4]

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