Method glossary

clinical outcome

Concrete event experienced by the patient (e.g. heart attack, death), not a laboratory marker.

Source

BEST (Biomarkers, EndpointS, and other Tools) Resource — Glossary
FDA-NIH Biomarker Working Group. Silver Spring (MD)/Bethesda (MD): FDA e NIH; atualizado continuamente. NCBI Bookshelf NBK338448
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK338448/

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Glossary — the clinical outcome entry

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