Do n-of-1 trials really tailor treatment?

Lancet

Volumn 365, Issue 9476, 2005, Pages 1992-1994

  Jull, Andrew ^a   Bennett, Derrick ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PARACETAMOL; QUININE; QUININE SULFATE;

CLINICAL TRIAL; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG CHOICE; DRUG EFFICACY; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MUSCLE CRAMP; MUSCLE STRETCHING; NOTE; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 20444391677     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(05)66678-0     Document Type: Note

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