The fossilization of randomized clinical trials

Affiliations

¹ Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, and Pediatrics and Human Development, Michigan State University, College of Human Medicine, East Lansing, Michigan, USA.
² Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA.
³ Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Johns Hopkins School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.

Review

Nigel S Paneth et al. J Clin Invest. 2022.

. 2022 Feb 15;132(4):e158499.

doi: 10.1172/JCI158499.

¹ Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, and Pediatrics and Human Development, Michigan State University, College of Human Medicine, East Lansing, Michigan, USA.
² Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA.
³ Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Johns Hopkins School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.

No abstract available

Keywords: Statistics; Therapeutics.

Conflict of interest statement

Conflict of interest: The authors have declared that no conflict of interest exists.

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