A simple test for synergy for a small number of combinations

Statistics in Medicine

Volumn 32, Issue 29, 2013, Pages 5145-5155

  Novick, Steven J ^a  

^a GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bliss; Dose response; Excel; Hill model; Loewe; Synergism

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION ALGORITHM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG INTERACTION; LOEWE ADDITIVE NULL MODEL; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; METHODOLOGY; QUALITY CONTROL; STATISTICAL MODEL; VIROLOGY; VIRUS LOAD;

BLISS; DOSE-RESPONSE; EXCEL; HILL MODEL; LOEWE; SYNERGISM;

ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG SYNERGISM; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; HERPES SIMPLEX; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL;

EID: 84887240653     PISSN: 02776715     EISSN: 10970258     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/sim.5905     Document Type: Article

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