Fungal infection-related mortality versus total mortality as an outcome in trials of antifungal agents

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Disease specific mortality is often used as outcome rather than total mortality in clinical trials. This approach assumes that the classification of cause of death is unbiased. We explored whether use of fungal infection-related mort...

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Main Authors: Gøtzsche Peter C, Johansen Helle K, Due Anne K
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2006-08-01
Series:BMC Medical Research Methodology
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2288/6/40