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Long-term follow-up and large patient cohorts: a substitute for randomized controlled trials?

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Author/s: Curtis, J J (JJ);

Journal and publication information

Publication Type: Comment; Editorial

Journal: American journal of transplantation : official journal of the American Society of Transplantation and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons (Am J Transplant), published in Denmark. (Language: eng)

Reference: 2008-Mar; vol 8 (issue 3) : pp 483-4

Dates: Created 2008/02/25; Completed 2008/04/18;

PMID: 18261168, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 11/6/2008)

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CommentOn: Am J Transplant. 2008 Mar;8(3):574-85. (PMID: 18294153)

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Cohort Studies Follow-Up Studies Humans

Kidney Transplantation Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic Treatment Outcome

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