Analysis and design issues for studies using censored biomarker measurements with an example of viral load measurements in HIV clinical trials

Statistics in Medicine

Volumn 19, Issue 23, 2000, Pages 3171-3191

  Hughes, Michael D ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

CLINICAL TRIAL; EVALUATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; METHODOLOGY; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; REVIEW; SAMPLE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL PARAMETERS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIRUS LOAD;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DRUG COMBINATIONS; HIV; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; RESEARCH DESIGN; RNA, VIRAL; STATISTICS; VIRAL LOAD;

EID: 0034672295     PISSN: 02776715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1097-0258(20001215)19:23<3171::AID-SIM619>3.0.CO;2-T     Document Type: Review

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