Clinical trials in small populations - Scientific guideline
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This document addresses problems associated with clinical trials when there are limited numbers of patients available to study.
Keywords: Small population, sample size, surrogate endpoint, patient registry, external control, noise-to-effect ratio, randomisation, control group, matching, stratification, case series, case reports
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