Computational tools for fitting the Hill equation to dose-response curves

Journal of Pharmacological and Toxicological Methods

Volumn 71, Issue , 2015, Pages 68-76

  Gadagkar, Sudhindra R ^a   Call, Gerald B ^b  

^a MIDWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MIDWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Computer program; Dose response relationship; EC50; Four parameter logistic model; Hill slope; Iteration; Methods; Prediction band; Sigmoidal curve; Simulation

Indexed keywords

ISOFLURANE;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA ANALYSIS; DOSE RESPONSE; EC50; HILL EQUATION; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MEASUREMENT ACCURACY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL CONCEPTS; HUMAN;

DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; HUMANS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOFTWARE;

EID: 84921468008     PISSN: 10568719     EISSN: 1873488X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vascn.2014.08.006     Document Type: Article

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