Use of re-randomized data in meta-analysis

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Outcomes collected in randomized clinical trials are observations of random variables that should be independent and identically distributed. However, in some trials, the patients are randomized more than once thus violating both of...

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Main Authors: Clark Otavio, Djulbegovic Benjamin, Hozo Iztok, Lyman Gary H
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2005-05-01
Series:BMC Medical Research Methodology
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2288/5/17