A trial on unruptured intracranial aneurysms (the TEAM trial): Results, lessons from a failure and the necessity for clinical care trials

Trials

Volumn 12, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Raymond, Jean ^a   Darsaut, Tim E ^a   Molyneux, Andrew J ^b  

^a NOTRE DAME HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANEURYSM CLIP; ARTICLE; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CULTURAL FACTOR; ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM; MARKETING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RESEARCH ETHICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNRUPTURED INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EARLY TERMINATION OF CLINICAL TRIAL; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATIENT SELECTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

EARLY TERMINATION OF CLINICAL TRIALS; ENDOVASCULAR PROCEDURES; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM; PATIENT SELECTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79952196660     PISSN: 17456215     EISSN: 17456215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1745-6215-12-64     Document Type: Article

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