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Toenail infection data from a multicenter study
Description
The data frame consists of 250 patients from a multicenter study comparing to treatments for toenail infection.
Usage
toenail
Format
ID: patient id. The variable for cluster id
Response: toenail infection status: 0=none or mild; 1=moderate or severe
Treatment: 1=oral treatment A; 0=oral treatment B
Month: the exact time point of measurement in month
Visit: the visit index
Details
In a randomized, double-blinded multicenter study, treatment A and B were compared to treat toenail infection disease. Patientes were evaluated for the degree of onycholysis. There are 1908 measurements in total.
Source
De Backer M, De Vroey C, Lesaffre E, Scheys I, De Keyser P. Twelve weeks of continuous oral therapy for toenail onychomycosis caused by dermatophytes: a double-blind comparative trial of terbinafine 250 mg/day versus itraconazole 200 mg/day. Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology 1998; 38: 57-63.