A guide to organizing a multicenter clinical trial

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 126, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 515-523

  Chung, Kevin C ^a,b   Song, Jae W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL TRIAL; DELPHI STUDY; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATIENT SELECTION; PILOT STUDY; PLASTIC SURGERY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RADIUS FRACTURE; REVIEW; STANDARD; UNITED STATES; WRIST INJURY;

CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; DELPHI TECHNIQUE; FEMALE; FINANCING, GOVERNMENT; FOCUS GROUPS; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDIES AS TOPIC; PATIENT SELECTION; PILOT PROJECTS; RADIUS FRACTURES; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SURGERY, PLASTIC; UNITED STATES; WRIST INJURIES;

EID: 77955432547     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PRS.0b013e3181df64fa     Document Type: Article

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