Mixed model analysis of censored longitudinal data with flexible random-effects density

Biostatistics

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 61-73

  Vock, David M ^a   Davidian, Marie ^a   Tsiatis, Anastasios A ^a   Muir, Andrew J ^b  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DUKE CLINICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Censoring; HCV; HIV; Limit of quantification; Longitudinal data; Random effects

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERFERON; ANTIVIRUS AGENT;

ARTICLE; BIOSTATISTICS; DRUG EFFECT; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; VIROLOGY; VIRUS LOAD;

ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); BIOSTATISTICS; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; INTERFERON-ALPHA; LINEAR MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MODELS, STATISTICAL; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; VIRAL LOAD;

EID: 83755163655     PISSN: 14654644     EISSN: 14684357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/biostatistics/kxr026     Document Type: Article

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