Non-markov multistate modeling using time-varying covariates, with application to progression of liver fibrosis due to hepatitis C following liver transplant

International Journal of Biostatistics

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Bacchetti, Peter ^a   Boylan, Ross D ^a   Terrault, Norah A ^a   Monto, Alexander ^a   Berenguer, Marina ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO LA FE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Fibrosis; Hepatitis C; Liver transplant; Memoryless assumptions; Multistate modeling

Indexed keywords

OKT 3;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HISTORY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER FIBROSIS; LIVER GRAFT REJECTION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MULTISTATE MODELING METHOD; RISK; SIMULATION; TIME; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROBABILITY; RECURRENT DISEASE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

HEPATITIS C VIRUS;

ADULT; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C, CHRONIC; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MARKOV CHAINS; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RECURRENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77649332318     PISSN: 15574679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2202/1557-4679.1213     Document Type: Article

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