Stratification, Blinding and Placebo Effect in a Randomized, Double Blind Placebo-controlled Clinical Trial of Gold Bead Implantation in Dogs with Hip Dysplasia

Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica

GT Jæger¹  S Larsen³  L Moe² 

[1] Department of Companion Animal Clinical Sciences, Oslo Norway

[2] Norwegian School of Veterinary Science, Oslo Norway

[3] Department of Production Animal Clinical Sciences, Oslo Norway

关键词: hip dysplasia;    study design;    canine;   

Others  :  790134
DOI  :  10.1186/1751-0147-46-57

 received in 2004-05-27, accepted in 2005-02-21,  发布年份 2005

   

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