ISIS and the emergence of large, simple trials

The Lancet

Volumn 386, Issue 9994, 2015, Pages 636-637

  Altman, Douglas G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ATENOLOL; STREPTOKINASE; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; MEDLINE; MORTALITY; NEOPLASM; NOTE; PHILOSOPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAMPLE SIZE; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC); WORKLOAD; DRUG COMBINATION; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PROCEDURES;

ASPIRIN; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENTS; HUMANS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; SAMPLE SIZE; STREPTOKINASE;

EID: 84939450297     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: 1474547X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(15)61450-7     Document Type: Note

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