Statistical approaches to trial durations in episodic affective illness

Psychiatry Research

Volumn 78, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 71-87

  Post, Robert M ^a   L'Herrou, Todd ^a,b   Luckenbaugh, David A ^a   Frye, Mark A ^a   Leverich, Gabriele S ^a   Mikalauskas, Kirstin ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^b Electronic Village Systems   (United States)

Author keywords

Bipolar disorder; Psychopharmacology; Research design; Statistics

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECTIVE NEUROSIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DRUG DESIGN; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MANIC DEPRESSIVE PSYCHOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TIME;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ANTICONVULSANTS; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CLINICAL TRIALS; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DECISION MAKING; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLACEBOS; PROBABILITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY; RECURRENCE; RESEARCH DESIGN; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0032549725     PISSN: 01651781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-1781(97)00144-3     Document Type: Article

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