American Journal of Ophthalmology
Volume 139, Issue 5 , Pages 900-905 , May 2005

Improving the Reporting of Clinical Case Series

  • Douglas A. Jabs, MD, MBA

      Affiliations

    • Departments of Ophthalmology and Medicine, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
    • Department of Epidemiology, The Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland
    • Corresponding Author InformationInquiries to Douglas Jabs, MD, The Wilmer Eye Institute, 550 North Broadway, Suite #700, Baltimore, MD 21205; Fax: (410) 955-0629

,Accepted 3 December 2004.

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    Hypothetical event curves consistent with the statement “In 28% of patients followed for a mean of 9 months, a specific complication occurred.”

    Hypothetical event curves consistent with the statement “In 28% of patients followed for a mean of 9 months, a specific complication occurred.”

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    Kaplan-Meier curves for the visual acuity in the better eye of patients with cytomegalovirus retinitis. A. Visual acuity worse than 20/40, and B. Visual acuity 20/200 or worse. From Trans Am Ophthalmo

    Kaplan-Meier curves for the visual acuity in the better eye of patients with cytomegalovirus retinitis. A. Visual acuity worse than 20/40, and B. Visual acuity 20/200 or worse. From Trans Am Ophthalmol Soc1995;93:623. Used with permission.

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    Hypothetical events curves for loss of acuity with: A. standard therapy; B. investigational therapy; and C. comparing the two treatments.

    Hypothetical events curves for loss of acuity with: A. standard therapy; B. investigational therapy; and C. comparing the two treatments.

 Supported in part by grant EY 00405 from the National Eye Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD.

 The Editors-in-Chief of the American Journal of Ophthalmology, Archives of Ophthalmology, and Ophthalmology have reviewed the manuscript, and with the approval of the author, have included this manuscript in the Editorship series of these three journals.

PII: S0002-9394(04)01490-4

doi: 10.1016/j.ajo.2004.12.009

American Journal of Ophthalmology
Volume 139, Issue 5 , Pages 900-905 , May 2005

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