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Review
. 2005 Mar 19;330(7492):644-8.
doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7492.644.

Monitoring in chronic disease: a rational approach

Paul Glasziou  1 , Les Irwig, David Mant
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Review

Monitoring in chronic disease: a rational approach

Paul Glasziou et al. BMJ. .
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The five phases of treatment monitoring
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Trade-off between early detection of response and predictive power for patient relevant outcomes: early changes (drug concentration or bone turnover markers) may be helpful to monitor response but may be less predictive than late markers, although the final outcome may depend on several factors and pathways
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