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. 2016 Feb;92(1084):118-9.
doi: 10.1136/postgradmedj-2015-133769. Epub 2015 Nov 30.

Superiority trials: statistical trickery or mass blindness?

Nusrat Shafiq  1 , Samir Malhotra  1
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Superiority trials: statistical trickery or mass blindness?

Nusrat Shafiq et al. Postgrad Med J. 2016 Feb.
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Keywords: Margin; Non-inferiority trials; Randomized controlled trial; Superiority trials.

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