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. 2008 Oct 7;179(8):751-3.
doi: 10.1503/cmaj.080820.

Does analysis using "last observation carried forward" introduce bias in dementia research?

Frank J Molnar  1 , Brian Hutton, Dean Fergusson
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Does analysis using "last observation carried forward" introduce bias in dementia research?

Frank J Molnar et al. CMAJ. .
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Figure 1: Potential impact of last-observation-carried-forward analysis in longitudinal randomized controlled trials in chronic progressive diseases.
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