Advanced issues in the design and conduct of randomized clinical trials: The bigger the better?

Statistics in Medicine

Volumn 21, Issue 19, 2002, Pages 2797-2805

  Warlow, Charles ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Analysis; Design; Randomized trial; Sample size

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; HEPARIN;

ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CAROTID ARTERY SURGERY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG INDICATION; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SAMPLE SIZE; SINUS RHYTHM; STATISTICS; STROKE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CAROTID ARTERIES; CAROTID STENOSIS; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; HUMANS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; RESEARCH DESIGN; SAMPLE SIZE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0037108037     PISSN: 02776715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/sim.1283     Document Type: Article

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