Development of a Core Set of Outcomes for Randomized Controlled Trials with Multiple Outcomes - Example of Pulp Treatments of Primary Teeth for Extensive Decay in Children

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Smaïl Faugeron, Violaine ^a,b   Fron Chabouis, Hélène ^b,c,d   Durieux, Pierre ^b,e,f   Attal, Jean Pierre ^b,c   Muller Bolla, Michèle ^b,g   Courson, Frédéric ^a,b  

^a Paris 5 Descartes University EA 2496 U F R of Odontology   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^c HÔPITAL CHARLES FOIX   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ PARIS 13   (France)

^e INSERM   (France)

^f HÔPITAL EUROPÉEN GEORGES POMPIDOU   (France)

^g UNIVERSITÉ CÔTE D'AZUR   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMATERIAL;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; DECIDUOUS TOOTH; DENTAL CARIES; ENDODONTICS; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; META ANALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN ASSESSMENT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THERAPY EFFECT; TOOTH DISEASE; TOOTH MALFORMATION; TOOTH PAIN; TREATMENT FAILURE;

CHILD; DENTAL CARIES; DENTISTRY; DENTITION, PRIMARY; HUMANS; MOLAR; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RESEARCH DESIGN; TOOTH, DECIDUOUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84871907421     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0051908     Document Type: Article

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