Diagnostic accuracy of organ electrodermal diagnostics. A pilot study

South African Medical Journal

Volumn 88, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 146-150

  Szopinski, J ^a   Pantanowitz, D ^a   Jaros, G G ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BILIARY TRACT DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLON DISEASE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DUODENUM DISEASE; ELECTRODERMAL RESPONSE; ESOPHAGUS DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KIDNEY DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PANCREAS DISEASE; PATHOGENESIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREDICTION; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; SAFETY; SKIN CONDUCTANCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STOMACH DISEASE; URINARY TRACT DISEASE;

ADULT; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES AND PROCEDURES; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; EAR, EXTERNAL; FEMALE; GALVANIC SKIN RESPONSE; HUMANS; MALE; PILOT PROJECTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0031914465     PISSN: 02569574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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