Behind the numbers: Propensity score analysis-a primer for the diagnostic radiologist

Radiology

Volumn 269, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 640-645

  McDonald, Robert J ^a   McDonald, Jennifer S ^a   Kallmes, David F ^a   Carter, Rickey E ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER SURVIVAL; CHEMOEMBOLIZATION; CHILD PUGH SCORE; CLINICAL FEATURE; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPENSITY SCORE; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; RADIOLOGIST; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CATHETER ABLATION; CHEMOEMBOLIZATION, THERAPEUTIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE;

EID: 84890013676     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: 15271315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiol.13131465     Document Type: Review

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