Letter to the editor in response to Berger

Contemporary Clinical Trials

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 507-

  McEntegart, Damian ^a  

^a Perceptive Informatics   (United Kingdom)

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CLINICAL RESEARCH; CLINICAL TRIAL; HUMAN; LETTER; METHODOLOGY; PATIENT SELECTION; PREDICTION; STATISTICAL CONCEPTS;

EID: 77957943589     PISSN: 15517144     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cct.2010.07.013     Document Type: Letter

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