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When Endpoints Are Too Hard and Surrogates Must Do
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Title When Endpoints Are Too Hard and Surrogates Must Do
Url http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/575673?src=rss
Description When are hard endpoints (eg, death) too hard to include in a clinical trial -- and what will serve as surrogates? Henry Black explains.
Medscape Cardiology
Category Articles > Cardiology
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Date Jun 10, 2008
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