## Abstract Randomized clinical trials testing putative disease‐modifying agents in Parkinson's disease (PD) have yielded controversial results that have not influenced evidence‐based recommendations for the treatment of PD. We argue that the failure of these clinical trials may be linked to end po
EU Clinical trial regulation in the environment of rare diseases: time for a change
✍ Scribed by Martine Zimmermann
- Book ID
- 120697015
- Publisher
- BioMed Central
- Year
- 2010
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 175 KB
- Volume
- 5
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1750-1172
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