Choosing endpoints in clinical studies and trials

Eye (Basingstoke)

Volumn 21, Issue , 2007, Pages S34-S37

  Chauhan, B C ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Clinical trials; Endpoints; Glaucoma; Optic disc morphology; Structural function; Visual fields

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL STUDY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DISEASE COURSE; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; IMAGING SYSTEM; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MEDICAL RESEARCH; OPTIC NERVE; OPTICAL TOMOGRAPHY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; REFERENCE VALUE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VISUAL FIELD;

EID: 37749017256     PISSN: 0950222X     EISSN: 14765454     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.eye.6702886     Document Type: Article

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