Randomized clinical trials in HEPATOLOGY: Predictors of quality

Hepatology

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1134-1138

  Kjaergard, Lise Lotte ^a   Nikolova, Dimitrinka ^a   Gluud, Christian ^a,b  

^a The Capital Region   (Denmark)

^b H:S Kommunehospitalet ^*  (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; LIVER; META ANALYSIS; METHODOLOGY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SAMPLE; SCORING SYSTEM;

BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CLINICAL TRIALS; ETHICS, MEDICAL; GASTROENTEROLOGY; HUMANS; LIVER DISEASES; MEDLINE; PERIODICALS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESEARCH DESIGN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032713809     PISSN: 02709139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hep.510300510     Document Type: Article

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