A new graph and scoring system simplified analysis of changing states: Disease remissions in a rheumatoid arthritis clinical trial

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 63, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 633-637

  Boers, Maarten ^a   Berkhof, Johannes ^a   Twisk, Jos W R ^a   Adèr, Herman J ^a   Bezemer, Dick ^a   Knol, Dirk ^a   Kostense, Piet J ^a   Kuik, Dirk J ^a   Uitdehaag, Bernard M J ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Alternating states; Analysis; Graph; Relapse; Remission; Rheumatoid arthritis

Indexed keywords

METHOTREXATE; PREDNISOLONE; SALAZOSULFAPYRIDINE;

ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE TEST; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONREW SCORE; DATA ANALYSIS; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MONOTHERAPY; MULTICENTER STUDY (TOPIC); PATIENT VECTOR GRAPH; POLYPHARMACY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RELAPSE; REMISSION; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; CHRONIC DISEASE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; PROBABILITY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; CHRONIC DISEASE; DATA DISPLAY; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; HUMANS; MARKOV CHAINS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RECURRENCE; REMISSION INDUCTION;

EID: 77956630524     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: 18785921     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2009.08.021     Document Type: Article

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