Calculation of roc curves in multidimensional likelihood ratio based screening with Down's syndrome as a special case

Journal of Medical Screening

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 57-62

  Larsen, Severin O ^a   Christiansen, Michael ^a   Nørgaard Pedersen, Bent ^a  

^a STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Computer analysis of screening; Down's syndrome; Likelihood ratio; S PLUS

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DOWN SYNDROME; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; POPULATION RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCREENING; STATISTICAL MODEL; SYSTEM ANALYSIS;

EID: 0031867380     PISSN: 09691413     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jms.5.2.57     Document Type: Article

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