Time-Varying Effects of Copy Number Alteration Clustering: Methodologic Concerns in Survival Analysis of

Yuping Zou1, Ligang Liu1, Liwei Li1

  • 1Yuping Zou, MMed, Department of Rheumatology and Immunology, Guilin People's Hospital, Guilin, China; Ligang Liu, PharmD; Department of Pharmacy Practice and Administration, College of Pharmacy, Western University of Health Sciences, Pomona, CA; and Liwei Li, MMed, Department of Gastroenterology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, China.

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