Application of a prediction rule to select which patients presenting with lymphadenopathy should undergo a lymph node biopsy

Medicine

Volumn 79, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 338-347

  Vassilakopoulos, Theodoros P ^a   Pangalis, Gerassimos A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; GREECE; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PATHOGENESIS; PATIENT SELECTION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIOPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC DISEASES; MALE; PATIENT SELECTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0033809537     PISSN: 00257974     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005792-200009000-00007     Document Type: Article

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