Development and validation of diagnostic scores for atopic dermatitis incorporating criteria of data quality and practical usefulness

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 49, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 1031-1038

  Diepgen, Thomas L ^a,c   Sauerbrei, W ^b   Fartasch, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^c Dermatologische Universitatisklinik   (Germany)

Author keywords

Atopic dermatitis; Data quality; Diagnostic score; Error rates; Logistic regression; Model building; Validation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL MODEL;

EID: 0030248008     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0895-4356(96)00119-9     Document Type: Article

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