A merged presentation of clinical and radiographic data using probability plots in a clinical trial, the JESMR study

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 310-312

  Kameda, Hideto ^a   Kanbe, Katsuaki ^b   Sato, Eri ^c   Ueki, Yukitaka ^d   Saito, Kazuyoshi ^e   Nagaoka, Shouhei ^f   Hidaka, Toshihiko ^g   Atsumi, Tatsuya ^h   Tsukano, Michishi ⁱ   Kasama, Tsuyoshi ^j   Shiozawa, Shunichi ^k   Tanaka, Yoshiya ^e   Yamanaka, Hisashi ^c   Takeuchi, Tsutomu ^a,l  

^a KEIO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b TOKYO WOMEN'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c TOKYO WOMEN'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d SASEBO CHUO HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (Japan)

^f Yokohama Minami Kyosai Hospital   (Japan)

^g Zenjinkai Shimin No Mori Hospital   (Japan)

^h HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

ⁱ Kumamoto Center for Arthritis and Rheumatology   (Japan)

^j SHOWA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^k KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^l SAITAMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ETANERCEPT; METHOTREXATE;

CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAS28; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG RESPONSE; FOOT RADIOGRAPHY; HAND RADIOGRAPHY; HEALTH ASSESSMENT QUESTIONNAIRE DISABILITY INDEX SCORE; HUMAN; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PLOTS AND CURVES; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY PLOT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SCORING SYSTEM; SHARP VAN DER HEIJDE SCORE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT DURATION;

ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENTS; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; METHOTREXATE; PROBABILITY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RECEPTORS, TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR;

EID: 84872089946     PISSN: 00034967     EISSN: 14682060     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2012-201804     Document Type: Letter

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