Editorial: Case series are no substitute for randomised placebo-controlled trials for determination of treatment efficacy

Journal of Medical Imaging and Radiation Oncology

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 299-301

  Buchbinder, R ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLACEBO;

CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; EDITORIAL; EMERGENCY WARD; FOLLOW UP; FRAGILITY FRACTURE; GOLD STANDARD; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERCUTANEOUS VERTEBROPLASTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOGRAPHY; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COMPRESSION FRACTURE; METHODOLOGY; NOTE; OSTEOPOROSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SPINE; SPINE FRACTURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FRACTURES, COMPRESSION; HUMANS; OSTEOPOROSIS; PLACEBOS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RESEARCH DESIGN; SPINAL FRACTURES; SPINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERTEBROPLASTY;

EID: 77955835285     PISSN: 17549477     EISSN: 17549485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1754-9485.2010.02174.x     Document Type: Editorial

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