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Cohort studies: to what extent can they inform treatment guidelines?

Author(s) : Sabin, CA
Description : Purpose of reviewThis review examines situations in which information from cohort studies has proved to be useful for the development of treatment guidelines.Recent findingsAlthough there are several reasons why randomized controlled trials (RCTs) are felt to provide the most robust evidence for tre...
Language(s) : Undetermined
Subject(s) : bias, cohort studies, confounding, treatment guidelines, ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY, HIV-INFECTED PATIENTS, HUMAN-IMMUNODEFICIENCY-VIRUS, REVERSE-TRANSCRIPTASE INHIBITORS, TERM VIROLOGICAL FAILURE, LOW-LEVEL VIREMIA, PROTEASE INHIBITOR, HIV-1-INFECTED PATIENTS, MYOCARDIAL-INFARCTION, NAIVE PATIENTS
Publisher(s) : LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS
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Publication Date(s) : 2010-02-01