Mixed effects models with censored data with application to HIV RNA levels

Biometrics

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 625-629

  Hughes, James P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Censored data; EM algorithm; Gibbs sampling; Laboratory detection limits; Mixed effects models; Variance components

Indexed keywords

CENSORED DATA; DETECTION LIMITS; EM ALGORITHMS; FIXED EFFECTS; FIXED VARIANCE; GIBBS SAMPLING; LABORATORY DETECTION LIMIT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MIXED EFFECTS MODELS; VARIANCE COMPONENTS;

VIRUS RNA;

ARTICLE; BIOSTATISTICS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LABORATORY TEST; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; METHODOLOGY; STATISTICAL MODEL; VARIANCE;

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS;

EID: 0032967506     PISSN: 0006341X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0006-341X.1999.00625.x     Document Type: Article

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