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  • Description of the change: Adjusted to remove upper-case R in Cochrane reviews.
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  • Description of the change: Text updated.
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  • Description of the change: References to 'Review Manager 5' and 'RevMan 5' adjusted to 'Review Manager' and 'RevMan', respectively.
    Software used on Cochrane Reviews changed to Software used for Cochrane reviews
    Link to References section updated.
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  • Description of the change: Adjusted 'Cochrane Review' to 'Cochrane review'.
    Information about focused review format added and links to resources added.
    Link to PRISMA 2020 guidance updated
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  • Description of the change: Acronym changed to acronyms in first sentence.
    Text changed from 'at the beginning of these sections' to 'the first time they are mentioned in these sections'.
    Cochrane Review changed to Cochrane review
    Inverted commas removed from titles of review sections
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  • Description of the change: Advice added about how to handle multiple committees or working groups, etc., as authors.
    Use of identifiers advice updated to match FRF options and for Epub ahead of print and preprints.
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  • Description of the change: Clarified the use of the date of publication field for studies listed in a trials register
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  • Description of the change: Minor edits (e.g. Cochrane Review to Cochrane review)
    Changed Registered title to Protocol under development and updated citation info.
    Updated intervention review handbook and chapters to most recent version(s).
    Updated diagnostic test accuracy handbook and chapter to most recent version and added information on citing book version.
    Updated Editorial and Publishing Policy Resource information.
    Added example of withdrawn review.
    Updated example of Editorial (previous example had CD number, not ED number)
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  • Description of the change: Added 'or more' to advice about two-word compounds with 'anti'.
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  • Description of the change: Cochrane Review changed to Cochrane review
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