Robust non-parametric tests for complex-repeated measures problems in ophthalmology

Statistical Methods in Medical Research

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 643-660

  Brombin, Chiara ^a   Midena, Edoardo ^b   Salmaso, Luigi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b IRCCS FONDAZIONE BIETTI   (Italy)

Author keywords

autofluorescence and confocal data; multivariate analysis of variance; multivariate correlation analysis; NPC methodology

Indexed keywords

MITOMYCIN; STEROID;

ARTICLE; AUTOFLUORESCENCE; CELL DENSITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CORNEA CELL; CORNEA EPITHELIUM; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DRUSEN; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; MYOPIA; NONPARAMETRIC COMBINATION METHODOLOGY; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; NULL HYPOTHESIS; OPHTHALMOLOGY; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PHOTOREFRACTIVE KERATECTOMY; RESPONSE VARIABLE; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; RETINAL THICKNESS; SAMPLE SIZE;

AUTOFLUORESCENCE AND CONFOCAL DATA; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; MULTIVARIATE CORRELATION ANALYSIS; NPC METHODOLOGY;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; OPHTHALMOLOGY; SAMPLE SIZE; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; VISUAL FIELD TESTS;

EID: 84888604711     PISSN: 09622802     EISSN: 14770334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0962280211403659     Document Type: Article

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