A parametric model fitting time to first event for overdispersed data: Application to time to relapse in multiple sclerosis

Lifetime Data Analysis

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 139-156

  Siri, Paola ^a   Henninger, Eric ^b   Sormani, Maria Pia ^c  

^a POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

^b MERCK SERONO S A   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Mixed Poisson processes; Multiple sclerosis relapses; Negative binomial distribution; Recurrent events; Time to event

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOSTATISTICS; FACTUAL DATABASE; HUMAN; LIFE TABLE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; RECURRENT DISEASE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; TIME;

BIOSTATISTICS; DATABASES, FACTUAL; HUMANS; LIFE TABLES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS, RELAPSING-REMITTING; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; RECURRENCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84858296324     PISSN: 13807870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10985-011-9207-z     Document Type: Article

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