The impact of using a partially randomised patient preference design when evaluating alternative managements for heavy menstrual bleeding

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 104, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 1367-1373

  Cooper, Kevin G ^a   Grant, Adrian M ^a   Garratt, Andrew M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMENORRHEA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG THERAPY; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MENORRHAGIA; MENSTRUATION; MOTIVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RANDOMIZATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; MENORRHAGIA; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0030724480     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: 14710528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1997.tb11005.x     Document Type: Article

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