Immortal Time Bias Possibly Affecting Fludrocortisone-Hydrocortisone Findings.

JAMA Intern Med

Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine Solna, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.

Published: October 2023

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