Mixture distributions in multi-state modelling: Some considerations in a study of psoriatic arthritis

Statistics in Medicine

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 600-619

  O'Keeffe, Aidan G ^a   Tom, Brian D M ^a   Farewell, Vernon T ^a  

^a MRC BIOSTATISTICS UNIT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Mover stayer model; Multi state model; Psoriatic arthritis; Random effects

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE COURSE; EXPLANATORY VARIABLE; HAND JOINT; HUMAN; INVERSE GAUSSIAN; JOINT DESTRUCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MIXTURE DISTRIBUTION; MOVER STAYER GAMMA DISTRIBUTION; MULTI STATE MODELLING; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PROBABILITY; PSORIATIC ARTHRITIS; RANDOM EFFECT DISTRIBUTION; STATISTICAL DISTRIBUTION; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ARTHRITIS, PSORIATIC; BIOSTATISTICS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; HAND JOINTS; HUMANS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, STATISTICAL; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PROBABILITY;

EID: 84872822183     PISSN: 02776715     EISSN: 10970258     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/sim.5529     Document Type: Article

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