Comparison of alternative strategies for analysis of longitudinal trials with dropouts

Journal of Biopharmaceutical Statistics

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 207-226

  Liu, Guanghan ^a   Gould, A Lawrence ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Intent to treat; Last observation carried forward; Longitudinal clinical trial; Missing data; Mixed model; Multiple imputation

Indexed keywords

DRUG; PLACEBO;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; ERROR; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MODEL; OBSERVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; STATISTICS;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CLINICAL TRIALS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; PATIENT DROPOUTS;

EID: 0036399487     PISSN: 10543406     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1081/BIP-120015744     Document Type: Article

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