Evaluating the quality of activecontrol trials in periodontal research

Journal of Clinical Periodontology

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 151-156

  Tu, Yu Kang ^a   Maddick, Ian ^b   Kellett, Margaret ^a   Clerehugh, Valerie ^a   Gilthorpe, Mark S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Equivalence trials; Randomized controlled trials; Superiority trials

Indexed keywords

ENAMEL MATRIX PROTEINS; ENAMEL PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PERIODONTAL DISEASE; PERIODONTICS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STANDARD; STATISTICS;

DENTAL ENAMEL PROTEINS; GUIDED TISSUE REGENERATION, PERIODONTAL; HUMANS; PERIODONTAL DISEASES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 33645054036     PISSN: 03036979     EISSN: 1600051X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-051X.2005.00885.x     Document Type: Article

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