Analysis of neonatal clinical trials with twin births

BMC Medical Research Methodology

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Shaffer, Michele L ^a   Kunselman, Allen R ^a   Watterberg, Kristi L ^b  

^a PENN STATE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN; PLACEBO;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROL GROUP; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTICENTER STUDY; NATIONAL HEALTH ORGANIZATION; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INFECTION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHASE 1 CLINICAL TRIAL; PHASE 2 CLINICAL TRIAL; PREMATURITY; RANDOMIZATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REPEATED DRUG DOSE; TWINS; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; ALGORITHM; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BIOMETRY; BIRTH WEIGHT; LUNG DYSPLASIA; METHODOLOGY; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

ALGORITHMS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BIOMETRY; BIRTH WEIGHT; BRONCHOPULMONARY DYSPLASIA; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULINS, INTRAVENOUS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LOGISTIC MODELS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; TWINS;

EID: 65149085343     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2288-9-12     Document Type: Article

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