Individual response to treatment: Is it a valid assumption?

BMJ

Volumn 329, Issue 7472, 2004, Pages 966-

  Senn, Stephen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG THERAPY; HUMAN; PHARMACOGENETICS; REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ASTHMA; CALCULATION; CONFUSION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DRUG INDUSTRY; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HEREDITY; INDIVIDUALITY; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MORTALITY; PHARMACOGENOMICS; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

CLINICAL TRIALS; DRUG THERAPY; HUMANS; PHARMACOGENETICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

PLACEBO; PROPRANOLOL; SALBUTAMOL; SALMETEROL;

EID: 6944230023     PISSN: 09598138     EISSN: 14685833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.329.7472.966     Document Type: Article

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