Observer variation in the assessment of the histopathologic diagnosis of acute appendicitis

Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 46-49

  Riber, Claus ^a,b   Tonnesen H ^a   Aru, A ^a   Bjerregaard, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b HERNING HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Appendicitis; Kappa coefficient; Observer variation

Indexed keywords

ACUTE APPENDICITIS; APPENDECTOMY; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICROSCOPY; OBSERVER VARIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACUTE DISEASE; APPENDICITIS; DECISION MAKING; HUMANS; OBSERVER VARIATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0033049231     PISSN: 00365521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365529950172826     Document Type: Article

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