Clinical epidemiology--how important now?
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Clinical epidemiology--how important now?
C hronic diseases have become an increasing portion of modern medicine in the Western world and the goals for treatment are not only to relieve symptoms and their influence on daily life for patients but also to avoid long term complications of the disease and of the treatment given. The rules for obtaining evidence of the benefit of a new treatment have been widely accepted, with the randomise...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Gut
سال: 2005
ISSN: 0017-5749
DOI: 10.1136/gut.2004.055111