Study	Reason for exclusion
Abramowsky 2009	Included patients not suspected for neuroblastoma.
Adam 2008	No original research: review.
Adolph 1989	Less than 10 patients with a ¹²³I‐MIBG scan at diagnosis.
Alessio 2011	Less than 10 patients with a ¹²³I‐MIBG scan at diagnosis.
Andersen 2011	Less than 10 patients with a ¹²³I‐MIBG scan at diagnosis.
Angelini 2007	Study was not primary diagnostic.
Arceci 1999	No original research: comments from the editor‐in‐chief.
Arceci 2003	No original research: comments from the editor‐in‐chief.
Arora 2010	No original research: guest editorial/review.
Balaguer 2008	No original research: review.
Bardi 2009	Fewer than 10 patients with a ¹²³I‐MIBG scan at diagnosis.
Barliev 1988	¹³¹I‐MIBG.
Baulieu 1984	Less than 10 patients with a ¹²³I‐MIBG scan at diagnosis.
Beierwaltes 1991	No original research: review.
Benz‐Bohm 1990	Fewer than 10 patients with a ¹²³I‐MIBG scan at diagnosis.
Berthold 1990	Fewer than 10 patients with a ¹²³I‐MIBG scan at diagnosis.
Bian 2009	Bone scintigraphy.
Biersack 2010	No original research: guest editorial.
Binderup 2010	Included patients not suspected for neuroblastoma.
Bomanji 1987	Fewer than 10 patients with a ¹²³I‐MIBG scan at diagnosis.
Bomanji 1988	Fewer than 10 patients with a ¹²³I‐MIBG scan at diagnosis.
Bomanji 1991	Study was not primary diagnostic.
Bombardieri 2003a	No original research: foreword.
Bonnin 1994	Not primary diagnostic.
Bourliere 1992	Study was not primary diagnostic.
Brandon 2011	No original research: review (no eligible studies identified).
Brendel 1986	No original research: review.
Brisse 2009	No original research: review.
Britton 1997	Letter to the editor (comment).
Brodeur 1993	No original research: guideline.
Brunklaus 2012	Same publication as Brunklaus 2012a.
Brunklaus 2012a	Unclear which MIBG‐scans were ¹²³I‐labelled; upon consultation the study authors were unable to clarify this.
Buck 2008	No original research: review.
Bönisch 1994	No original research: review.
Calisti 2012	Study was not primary diagnostic.
Carachi 2002	No original research: review.
Caravel 2001	No original research: review.
Castel 2006	No original research: editorial.
Cedenkayevna 2011	Fewer than 10 patients with a ¹²³I‐MIBG scan at diagnosis.
Chan 2001	¹³¹I‐MIBG.
Chan 2001a	¹³¹I‐MIBG.
Chatal 1984	Fewer than 10 patients with a ¹²³I‐MIBG scan at diagnosis.
Chu 2011	Case report.
Clarke 2001	No original research: review.
Corbett 1991a	Fewer than 10 patients with a ¹²³I‐MIBG scan at diagnosis.
Corbett 1991b	Fewer than 10 patients with a ¹²³I‐MIBG scan at diagnosis.
Dabasi 1989	¹³¹I‐MIBG
Dalmau 2008	No original research: review.
Dessner 1993	Fewer than 10 patients with a ¹²³I‐MIBG scan at diagnosis.
Dhir 2010	No original research: review.
Diez 2006	Case report.
Dirisamer 2008	Patients older than 18 years old.
Durak 2002	No original research: meeting report.
Eckelman 2007	No original research: editorial.
Edeling 1987	Fewer than 10 patients with a ¹²³I‐MIBG scan at diagnosis.
Ell 2006	No original research: editorial.
Fischer 1993	Included patients not suspected for neuroblastoma.
Franzius 2006	Fewer than 10 patients with a ¹²³I‐MIBG scan at diagnosis.
Franzius 2009	No original research: review.
Frappaz 2000	Unclear which MIBG‐scans were ¹²³I‐labelled; upon consultation the study authors were unable to clarify this.
Frappaz 2004	Fewer than 10 patients with a ¹²³I‐MIBG scan at diagnosis.
Freeman 2007	No original research: letter from the editors.
Freeman 2011	No original research: letter from the editors.
Fukuoka 2011	Less than 10 patients with a ¹²³I‐MIBG scan at diagnosis.
Fukuoka 2011a	Duplicate publication of Fukuoka 2011.
Garaventa 2001	Letter to the editor (comment on two studies already assessed in this review (Biasotti 2000; Chan 2001).
Garaventa 2008	No original research: meeting report.
García‐Peña 2010	No original research: review.
Giammarile 1998	No original research: letter to the editor.
Giammarile 2000	Letter to the editor (comment on two studies that described cases).
Gilday 1990	No original research: editorial.
Goo 2006	Letter to the editor (comment on a study already assessed in this review (Goo 2005).
Gruner 1990	Fewer than 10 patients with a ¹²³I‐MIBG scan at diagnosis.
Guerra 1990	No original research: review.
Hahn 2003	Letter to the editor (comment on a study not reporting on ¹²³I‐MIBG).
Hahn 2004	No original research: review.
Hammami 2007	¹³¹I‐MIBG.
Han 2007	No original research: review.
Hattner 1988	No original research: review (no eligible studies identified).
Hausegger 1989	Fewer than 10 patients with a ¹²³I‐MIBG scan at diagnosis.
Haynie 1993	No original research: editorial.
Hero 2001	Unclear which MIBG‐scans were ¹²³I‐labelled; upon consulation the authors were unable to clarify this.
Heston 2010	Letter to the editor (comment on a study already assessed in this review (Sharp 2009a).
Hildebrand 2007	No original research: editorial.
Hoefnagel 1995	No original research: review.
Ikekubo 1994	Fewer than 10 patients with a ¹²³I‐MIBG scan at diagnosis.
Jacobs 1990a	Fewer than 10 patients with a ¹²³I‐MIBG scan at diagnosis.
Jadvar 2005	No original research: review.
Jofré 2007	No original research: review.
Kairemo 1998	Included patients not suspected for neuroblastoma.
Kaste 2008a	No original research: review.
Kaste 2008b	No original research: review.
Keidar 2003	No original research: review.
Kim 2006	No original research: review.
Kimmig 1984	¹³¹I‐MIBG.
Kimmig 1985a	Fewer than 10 patients with a ¹²³I‐MIBG scan at diagnosis.
Kimmig 1985b	Fewer than 10 patients with a ¹²³I‐MIBG scan at diagnosis.
Kimmig 1985c	Fewer than 10 patients with a ¹²³I‐MIBG scan at diagnosis.
Kleis 2009	Fewer than 10 patients with a ¹²³I‐MIBG scan at diagnosis.
Klingebiel 1992	Fewer than 10 patients with a ¹²³I‐MIBG scan at diagnosis.
Knight 1996	Included patients not suspected for neuroblastoma.
Koizumi 1994	Fewer than 10 patients with a ¹²³I‐MIBG scan at diagnosis.
Krausz 2006	No original research: review.
Kroiss 2011	Fewer than 10 patients with a ¹²³I‐MIBG scan at diagnosis.
Kroiss 2012	Letter to the editor (comment on a study already assessed in this review (Kroiss 2011).
Kumar 1988	¹³¹I‐MIBG.
Kumar 2008	Fewer than 10 patients with a ¹²³I‐MIBG scan at diagnosis.
Kumar 2010	Included patients not suspected for neuroblastoma.
Kumar 2011	Patients older than 18 years old.
Kushner 2001	Fewer than 10 patients with a MIBG scan at diagnosis.
Kushner 2006	No original research: highlight.
Kushner 2009a	No original research: reply.
Kushner 2009b	Included patients not suspected for neuroblastoma.
Ladenstein 1993	Study was not primary diagnostic (therapy).
Ladenstein 2011	The same study as Lewington 2011.
Ladenstein 2012	¹³¹I‐MIBG.
Larcos 1996	Included patients not suspected for neuroblastoma.
Lastoria 1993	Fewer than 10 patients with a ¹²³I‐MIBG scan at diagnosis.
Le Néel 1991	Included patients not suspected for neuroblastoma.
Lesslie 2007	No original research: review.
Leung 1997	Included patients not suspected for neuroblastoma.
Lewington 2009	Study was not primary diagnostic.
Lewington 2011	Study was not primary diagnostic.
Ley 2011	No original research: review.
Limouris 1997	Fewer than 10 patients with a ¹²³I‐MIBG scan at diagnosis.
Lucignani 2011	No original research: review (no eligible studies identified).
Lumbroso 1988a	Duplicate publication of Lumbroso 1988b.
Lumbroso 1990	No original research: review.
Ma 2007	No original research: review.
Mastrangelo 1987	No original research: summary MIBG symposium.
Matheja 2001	Included patients not suspected for neuroblastoma.
Matthay 2003a	¹³¹I‐MIBG.
Matthay 2003b	Study was not primary diagnostic.
McCloskey 2010	Included patients not suspected for neuroblastoma.
McEwan 1986	No original research: review.
Melino 1989	Not human: in vitro.
Melzer 2011	Fewer than 10 patients with a ¹²³I‐MIBG scan at diagnosis.
Mena Bares 2009	Fewer than 10 patients with a ¹²³I‐MIBG scan at diagnosis.
Messa 1992	Included patients not suspected for neuroblastoma.
Messina 2006	Study was not primary diagnostic.
Miceli 1986	¹³¹I‐MIBG.
Mitjavila 1991	No original research: review.
Mitjavila 2002	No original research: editorial.
Mitty 1985	No original research: review.
Montravers 1993	Fewer than 10 patients with a ¹²³I‐MIBG scan at diagnosis.
Murphy 2008	Fewer than 10 patients with a ¹²³I‐MIBG scan at diagnosis.
Nakai 1997	¹³¹I‐MIBG.
Ng 1993	No original research: review.
Nguyen 2010	Letter to the editor (comment on a study already assessed in this review (Sharp 2009a).
O'Hara 1999	No original research: review.
Okuyama 2001	Fewer than 10 patients with a ¹²³I‐MIBG scan at diagnosis.
Okuyama 2002	Study was not primary diagnostic.
Okuyama 2003	Study was not primary diagnostic.
Pein 1995	No original research: review.
Peng 2010	No original research: review.
Perel 1999	Unclear which MIBG‐scans were ¹²³I‐labelled; upon consultation the authors were unable to clarify this.
Petjak 1997	Study was not primary diagnostic.
Pinto 2010	Study was not primary diagnostic.
Plowman 1997	Letter to the editor (comment).
Priestley 1993	No original research: review.
Pritchard 1988	Fewer than 10 patients with a ¹²³I‐MIBG scan at diagnosis.
Pritchard 2002	Letter to the editor (comment on a study already assessed in this review (Brodeur 1993).
Quigley 2005	Included patients not suspected for neuroblastoma.
Reavey 2010	Fewer than 10 patients with a ¹²³I‐MIBG scan at diagnosis.
Regelink 2002	Included patients not suspected for neuroblastoma.
Reuland 2001	Fewer than 10 patients with a ¹²³I‐MIBG scan at diagnosis.
Robbins 2000	No original research: review.
Roh 2008	Included patients not suspected for neuroblastoma.
Rozovsky 2008	Fewer than 10 patients with a ¹²³I‐MIBG scan at diagnosis.
Rubello 2007	No original research: review.
Rufini 1995	Fewer than 10 patients with a ¹²³I‐MIBG scan at diagnosis.
Rufini 1996	Fewer than 10 patients with a ¹²³I‐MIBG scan at diagnosis.
Saadullah 2009	¹³¹I‐MIBG.
Sano 2012	Study was not primary diagnostic.
Sasajima 2006	Fewer than 10 patients with a ¹²³I‐MIBG scan at diagnosis.
Satharasinghe 2009	Fewer than 10 patients with a ¹²³I‐MIBG scan at diagnosis.
Sauer 1985	Fewer than 10 patients with a ¹²³I‐MIBG scan at diagnosis.
Sautter‐Bihl 1991	Unclear which MIBG‐scans were ¹²³I‐labelled; upon consultation the authors were unable to clarify this.
Scanga 2004	Less than 10 patients with a ¹²³I‐MIBG scan at diagnosis.
Schäffer 1991	Included patients not suspected for neuroblastoma.
Shammas 2009	No original research: review.
Shapiro 1990	No original research: review.
Shapiro 1993	No original research: review.
Shapiro 1994	Fewer than 10 patients with a ¹²³I‐MIBG scan at diagnosis.
Sharp 2008	No original research: review (no eligible studies identified).
Shulkin 1995	Fewer than 10 patients with a ¹²³I‐MIBG scan at diagnosis.
Shulkin 1996	Fewer than 10 patients with a ¹²³I‐MIBG scan at diagnosis.
Sisson 1986	No original research: review.
Sutton 1982	No original research: review.
Taggart 2009	Study was not primary diagnostic.
Tahir 2009	No original research: review.
Troncone 1990	¹³¹I‐MIBG.
Vanchieri 1993	No original research: review.
Vatankulu 2011	Included patients not suspected for neuroblastoma.
Volchenboum 2009	No original research: review.
Wang 2010	Fewer than 10 patients with a ¹²³I‐MIBG scan at diagnosis.
Weckesser 2009	No original research: review.
Yang 2003	Included patients not suspected for neuroblastoma.
Yanik 2010	Study was not primary diagnostic.
Ythier 1987	Fewer than 10 patients with a neuroblastoma at diagnosis.
Zerva 2005	No original research: review.
Zhang 2009	No original research: review.