title: Conduct of head injury trials in the United States: the American Brain Injury Consortium (ABIC).
abstract: This article provides a brief description of the American Brain Injury Consortium (ABIC), a group of clinical scientists focused on the design and implementation of clinical trials in the United States to improve outcome of the brain injured patient. The structure of the consortium, guidelines for participation, relationship with pharmaceutical industry, and the instruments used for acquisition and analysis of data gathered are described.
authors.affiliation: Medical College of Virginia, Richmond, USA.
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authors.lastname: Marmarou
mesh_terms: D001930:Brain Injuries / Q000401:mortality / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic; D003625:Data Collection; D017408:Guidelines as Topic; D006801:Humans; D011643:Publishing; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014481:United States