Assessment of clinical significance: The number needed to treat

Indian Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 113-115

  Thomas, Ravi ^a   Padma, P ^a   Braganza, Andrew ^a   Muliyil, Jayaprakash ^a  

^a CHRISTIAN MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Clinically significant; Statistically significant

Indexed keywords

EYE DISEASE; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; REVIEW; STATISTICS;

EYE DISEASES; HUMANS; STATISTICS;

EID: 0030159003     PISSN: 03014738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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