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Editorial
. 2018 Mar;17(2):133-134.
doi: 10.1016/j.jcf.2018.01.005. Epub 2018 Feb 1.

In statistics we trust: Towards the careful derivation and interpretation of meaningful survival estimates in cystic fibrosis

N Mayer-Hamblett  1 , D Polineni  2 , S L Heltshe  3
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Editorial

In statistics we trust: Towards the careful derivation and interpretation of meaningful survival estimates in cystic fibrosis

N Mayer-Hamblett et al. J Cyst Fibros. 2018 Mar.
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