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Underserved or high-risk populations

Using Latent Representations to Link Disjoint Longitudinal Data for Mixed-Effects Regression.

Many rare diseases offer limited established treatment options, leading patients to switch therapies when new medications emerge. To analyze the impact of such treatment switches within the low sample size limitations of rare disease trials, it is important to use all available data sources.

Many rare diseases offer limited established treatment options, leading patients to switch therapies when new medications emerge. To analyze the impact of such treatment switches within the low sample size limitations of rare disease trials, it is important to use all available data sources.

What the study was

Study design
Journal Article (unspecified)
Category
Treatment Innovation
Maturity
Exploratory
Journal
Stat Med

Why it surfaced

Matched watchlist topic 'Rare diseases with high unmet need'. Study design: Journal Article (unspecified). Score: 8/10 (N:3, R:2, D:1, P:2).

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