Journal of Clinical Epidemiology
Volume 55, Issue 4 , Pages 350-357 , April 2002

Assessing efficacy of chronic therapy when disease is characterized by frequent relapses: The example of schizophrenia

  • Alfredo Morabia

      Affiliations

    • Clinical Epidemiology Division, Geneva University Hospital, Geneva, Switzerland
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Clinical Epidemiology Division, University Hospital, Rue Micheli-du-Crest 25, 1211 Geneva 14, Switzerland. Tel: 41-22-37 29 552; fax: 41-22-37 29 565. E-mail address:
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  • Tom Ten Have

      Affiliations

    • Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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  • Philippe Huguelet

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Geneva University Hospital, Geneva, Switzerland
    • ,
  • François Ferrero

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Geneva University Hospital, Geneva, Switzerland

Received 26 February 2001 ,Revised 24 September 2001 ,Accepted 25 September 2001.

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Journal of Clinical Epidemiology
Volume 55, Issue 4 , Pages 350-357 , April 2002

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