Sample sizes in dosage investigational clinical trials: a systematic evaluation

Ji-Han Huang,1,* Qian-Min Su,2,* Juan Yang,1 Ying-Hua Lv,1 Ying-Chun He,1 Jun-Chao Chen,1 Ling Xu,1 Kun Wang,1 Qing-Shan Zheng11Center for Drug Clinical Research, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai, People’s Republic of China; 2Department of Computer, College of...

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Main Authors: Huang JH (Author), Su QM (Author), Yang J (Author), Lv YH (Author), He YC (Author), Chen JC (Author), Xu L (Author), Wang K (Author), Zheng QS (Author)
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Published: Dove Medical Press, 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z.
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