The development of GIN-McMaster checklist extension for guideline adaptation

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Akl E1, Alonso-Coello P2, Amer Y3, Darzi A4, Schünemann H5, Song Y6, Zhang Y4
1Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact (HEI), McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada; Department of Internal Medicine, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon
2Iberoamerican Cochrane Centre (CCIb) - Biomedical Research Institute Sant Pau (IIB Sant Pau), Barcelona, Spain; Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), Spain
3Pediatrics Department and Clinical Practice Guidelines and Quality Research Unit, Quality Management Department, King Saud University Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; Department of Internal Medicine, Ribeirão Preto Medical School, University of São Paulo (FMRP-USP), Brazil 
4Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact (HEI), McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada
5Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact (HEI), McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada; Clinical Epidemiology and Research Center (CERC), Humanitas University, Milan, Italy
6School of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen, China; Iberoamerican Cochrane Centre (CCIb) - Biomedical Research Institute Sant Pau (IIB Sant Pau), Barcelona, Spain