Estimation in regression models for longitudinal binary data with outcome-dependent follow-up

Biostatistics

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 469-485

  Fitzmaurice, Garrett M ^a   Lipsitz, Stuart R ^b   Ibrahim, Joseph G ^c   Gelber, Richard ^d   Lipshultz, Steven ^e  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c IL   (United States)

^d DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Follow up time process; Generalized estimating equations; Maximum likelihood; Multinomial distribution; Pseudolikelihood

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC ANTIBIOTIC; DOXORUBICIN;

ACUTE LYMPHOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; CHILD; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DRUG EFFECT; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART DISEASE; HEART VENTRICLE; HUMAN; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIBIOTICS, ANTINEOPLASTIC; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DOXORUBICIN; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART DISEASES; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA, LYMPHOCYTIC, ACUTE; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 33745471883     PISSN: 14654644     EISSN: 14684357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/biostatistics/kxj019     Document Type: Article

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