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Unless otherwise stated, search terms were free text terms; exp = exploded MeSH: Medical Subject Heading (Medline medical index term); the dollar sign ($) stands for any character(s); the question mark (?) = substitute for one or no characters; ab = abstract; ti = titel; ot = original titel; pt = publication type; sh = MeSH: Medical subject heading (MEDLINE medical index term); adj = adjacency. 1.exp Congenital Hypothyroidism/ 2.(congenital adj3 (myx?edema$ or hypothyroidism$)).tw,ot. 3.1 or 2 4.Randomized Controlled Trial.pt. 5.Controlled Clinical Trial.pt. 6.Randomized Controlled Trials.sh. 7.Random Allocation.sh. 8.Double‐Blind Method.sh. 9.Single‐Blind Method.sh. 10.or/4‐9 11.clinical trial.pt. 12.Clinical Trials.sh. 13.(clinic$ adj25 trial$).tw,kf,ot. 14.((singl$ or doubl$ or trebl$ or tripl$) adj (mask$ or blind$)).tw,kf,ot. 15.Placebos.sh. 16.placebo$.tw,kf,ot. 17.random$.tw,kf,ot. 18.Research Design.sh. 19.(latin adj square).tw,kf,ot. 20.or/11‐19 21.comparative study.pt. 22.Evaluation Studies.sh. 23.Follow‐up Studies.sh. 24.Prospective Studies.sh. 25.(control$ or prospectiv$ or volunteer$).tw,kf,ot. 26.Cross‐Over Studies.sh. 27.or/21‐26 28.10 or 20 or 27 29.limit 28 to animals 30.limit 28 to humans 31.29 not 30 32.28 not 31 33.exp "Review Literature"/ 34.exp Technology Assessment, Biomedical/ 35.exp Meta‐Analysis/ 36.meta‐analysis.pt. 37.((review$ or search$) adj10 (literature or medical database$ or medline or pubmed or embase or cochrane or cinhal or psychinfo or psychlit or healthstar or biosis or current content$ or systemat$)).tw,kf,ot. 38.hta.tw,kf,ot. 39.(health technology adj6 assessment$).tw,kf,ot. 40.(meta analy$ or metaanly$ or meta?analy$).tw,kf,ot. 41.or/33‐40 42.32 or 41 43.3 and 42