Limits to clinical trials in surgical areas

Clinics

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 159-161

  Demange, Marco Kawamura ^a   Fregni, Felipe ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Blinding; Clinical trial; Evidence level; Randomization; Surgery

Indexed keywords

EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; GENERAL SURGERY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RESEARCH; REVIEW; STANDARD;

EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; GENERAL SURGERY; HUMANS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RESEARCH; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 79952961458     PISSN: 18075932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1807-59322011000100027     Document Type: Review

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