Recruitment and retention in a multicentre randomised controlled trial in Bell's palsy: A case study

BMC Medical Research Methodology

Volumn 7, Issue , 2007, Pages

  McKinstry, Brian ^a   Hammersley, Victoria ^a   Daly, Fergus ^b   Sullivan, Frank ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BELL PALSY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; INTERNET; MASS MEDIUM; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; RANDOMIZATION; SAMPLE SIZE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FACIAL NERVE; METHODOLOGY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PUBLICATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

BELL PALSY; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FACIAL NERVE; HUMANS; MASS MEDIA; MULTICENTER STUDIES; PATIENT SELECTION; PUBLICATIONS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 34047236979     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2288-7-15     Document Type: Article

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