Nonparametric estimator of relative time with application to the Acyclovir Prevention Trial

Clinical Trials

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 320-328

  Cole, Stephen R ^a   Chu, Haitao ^a   Nie, Lei ^b  

^a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^b CENTER FOR DRUG EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; PLACEBO; ANTIVIRUS AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BOOTSTRAPPING; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG RESPONSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HERPES SIMPLEX; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PARAMETRIC TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SIMULATION; SLIT LAMP; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HERPES ZOSTER; MIDDLE AGED; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RISK; TIME; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS;

ACYCLOVIR; ADULT; AGED; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; FEMALE; HERPES ZOSTER; HERPESVIRUS 3, HUMAN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RISK; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 70449709216     PISSN: 17407745     EISSN: 17407753     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1740774509338231     Document Type: Article

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