Lancet
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Randomized Controlled Trial Comparative Study Clinical Trial
Statistical methods for assessing agreement between two methods of clinical measurement.
In clinical measurement comparison of a new measurement technique with an established one is often needed to see whether they agree sufficiently for the new to replace the old. Such investigations are often analysed inappropriately, notably by using correlation coefficients. The use of correlation is misleading. An alternative approach, based on graphical techniques and simple calculations, is described, together with the relation between this analysis and the assessment of repeatability.
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Case Reports
Long-term skin allograft survival after short-term cyclosporin treatment in a patient with massive burns.
In a child with extensive burns, cyclosporin was given to extend the survival of cadaveric skin allografts obtained from numerous unmatched donors. No evidence of graft rejection was seen, either during treatment or in the 2 years after cyclosporin was withdrawn.