Analysis of an ordinal outcome in a multicentric randomized controlled trial: Application to a 3- arm anti- malarial drug trial in Cameroon

BMC Medical Research Methodology

Volumn 10, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Whegang, Solange Youdom ^a,b   Basco, Leonardo K ^c   Gwét, Henri ^a   Thalabard, Jean Christophe ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YAOUNDÉ I   (Cameroon)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^c AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMODIAQUINE; ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; PYRIMETHAMINE; PYRIMETHAMINE PLUS SULFADOXINE; SULFADOXINE; SULFADOXINE-PYRIMETHAMINE;

ARTICLE; CAMEROON; DRUG COMBINATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HUMAN; INFANT; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MULTICENTER STUDY (TOPIC); PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AMODIAQUINE; ANTIMALARIALS; CAMEROON; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DRUG COMBINATIONS; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MULTICENTER STUDIES AS TOPIC; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PYRIMETHAMINE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SULFADOXINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77954886406     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2288-10-58     Document Type: Article

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