The fragility index in a cohort of pediatric randomized controlled trials

Journal of Clinical Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 8, 2017, Pages

  Matics, Travis J ^a   Khan, Nadia ^a   Jani, Priti ^a   Kane, Jason M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical trials; Pediatrics; Randomized controlled trials; Research methodology; Statistics

Indexed keywords

CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; PEDIATRICS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SAMPLE SIZE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STATISTICS;

EID: 85050859338     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20770383     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/jcm6080079     Document Type: Article

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