Psychiatry Research
Volume 129, Issue 2 , Pages 209-215 , 15 December 2004

Estimating treatment effects from longitudinal clinical trial data with missing values: comparative analyses using different methods

  • Patricia R. Houck

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh, Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, UPMC Health System, Thomas Detre Hall, 3811 O'Hara Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15213-2593, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +1 412 246 6402; fax: +1 412 246 5300.
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  • Sati Mazumdar

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biostatistics, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15260, USA
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  • Tulay Koru-Sengul

      Affiliations

    • Department of Statistics, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15260, USA
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  • Gong Tang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biostatistics, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15260, USA
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  • Benoit H. Mulsant

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh, Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, UPMC Health System, Thomas Detre Hall, 3811 O'Hara Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15213-2593, USA
    • Geriatric Research, Education, and Clinical Center, VA Pittsburgh Health Care System, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
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  • Bruce G. Pollock

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh, Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, UPMC Health System, Thomas Detre Hall, 3811 O'Hara Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15213-2593, USA
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  • Charles F. Reynolds III

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh, Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, UPMC Health System, Thomas Detre Hall, 3811 O'Hara Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15213-2593, USA

Received 12 March 2004 ,Revised 30 June 2004 ,Accepted 2 August 2004.

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PII: S0165-1781(04)00209-4

doi: 10.1016/j.psychres.2004.08.001

Psychiatry Research
Volume 129, Issue 2 , Pages 209-215 , 15 December 2004

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