کد مقاله | کد نشریه | سال انتشار | مقاله انگلیسی | نسخه تمام متن |
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3445931 | 1595356 | 2006 | 4 صفحه PDF | دانلود رایگان |

The report of the Hemorrhagic Stroke Project (HSP), a case-control study of phenylpropanolamine (PPA) was the primary reason that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) requested that PPA-containing products voluntarily be withdrawn from the market. In subsequent litigation, scientific information emerged that was not available during the deliberations of the FDA and its advisory committee. Our reappraisal leads us to conclude that chance, bias, and confounding are plausible alternative explanations for the observed findings. Thus, we believe that it is not possible to conclude that there is any valid statistical association between PPA and hemorrhagic stroke, let alone make any judgment of causality. Our reappraisal suggests the FDA's regulatory request may have been premature.
Journal: Annals of Epidemiology - Volume 16, Issue 1, January 2006, Pages 49–52