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Non-inferior clinical trial
A clinical trial that shows that a new treatment is equivalent to standard treatment. Also called a non-inferiority trial. See: Clinical trials. See also: Inconclusive clinical trial; Negative clinical trial; Positive clinical trial
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- Typhus, scrub A mite-borne infectious disease caused by a microorganism, Rickettsia tsutsugamushi, characteristically with…
- Abstinence, periodic Also known as fertility awareness, natural family planning, and the rhythm method, this approach entails not…
- ETM2 A gene for essential tremor, uncontrollable shaking of the hands and head and sometimes other parts of the…
- CHAMPUS The Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Uniformed Services (in the United States). CHAMPUS is a…
- Diet, DASH See: DASH diet
- Dysmorphophobia Excessive dislike of a part of ones body. See: Body dysmorphic disorder
- Carotenoid One of a group of compounds that includes beta-carotene, alpha-carotene, and beta-cryptoxanthin which are…
- Disease, Jakob's Better known as Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD), a dementing disease of the brain. It is believed due to an…