Updating clinical endpoint definitions

Pulmonary Circulation

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 206-216

  Hassoun, Paul M ^a   Nikkho, Sylvia ^b   Rosenzweig, Erika B ^c   Moreschi, Gail ^d   Lawrence, John ^d   Teeter, John ^e   Meier, Christian ^b   Ghofrani, Ardeshir H ^f   Minai, Omar ^g   Rinaldi, Paula ^h   Michelakis, Evangelos ⁱ   Oudiz, Ronald J ^j  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BAYER PHARMA AG   (Germany)

^c Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^d CENTER FOR DRUG EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

^e PFIZER INC   (United States)

^f JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^g LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^h NOVARTIS PHARMA AG   (Switzerland)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^j UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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Author keywords

Clinical trials; End points; Pulmonary arterial hypertension

Indexed keywords

EID: 85006044064     PISSN: 20458932     EISSN: 20458940     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/2045-8932.109920     Document Type: Article

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