Case reports of suspected adverse drug reactions--systematic literature survey of follow-up.

Journal article

OBJECTIVE: To determine whether anecdotal reports of suspected adverse drug reactions are valuable early warning signals. DESIGN: Systematic literature survey DATA SOURCES: We evaluated all case reports of adverse drug reactions published in 1997 in five medical journals. Reports were excluded if the adverse reaction had previously been described in earlier publications and was already listed in the product information of the drug reference source (the British National Formulary (BNF) or the...

Expand abstract

Authors: Loke, Y; Price, D; Derry, S; Aronson, J

• Publication status: Published
• Journal: BMJ (Clinical research ed.)
• Volume: 332
• Issue: 7537
• Pages: 335-339
• Publication date: 2006-02-01
• DOI: 10.1136/bmj.38701.399942.63
• EISSN: 1756-1833
• ISSN: 0959-8138
• Language: English
• Keywords: Reproducibility of Results; Anecdotes as Topic; Drug Therapy; Medical Records; Humans