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In the article “ACTH versus vigabatrin in infantile spasms: A retrospective study” by Cossette et al. (1999;52:1691–1694), the statistical method used to evaluate the differences between both groups should have been the Fisher exact test rather than the chi-square test (owing to the small number of individuals in certain groups). This renders the differences in relapse rates not statistically significant, with p values at 3, 6, and 12 months of 0.11, 0.10, and 0.17, respectively. The …
Author(s) -
Gurutz Linazasoro,
J. A. Obeso,
A Gorospe,
M Rodrı ́guez,
Jorge Guridi,
Eliana Marisa Ramos,
Sebastia ́n,
Mark A. Tarnopolsky
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
neurology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.91
H-Index - 364
eISSN - 1526-632X
pISSN - 0028-3878
DOI - 10.1212/wnl.54.2.539
Subject(s) - vigabatrin , retrospective cohort study , medicine , pediatrics , psychology , epilepsy , psychiatry , anticonvulsant

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