In defense of discrepant analysis [1]

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 210-211

  Green, Timothy A ^a   Black, Carolyn M ^a   Johnson, Robert E ^b  

^a NATL CENTER FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; DATA ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; LETTER; LIGASE CHAIN REACTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DIAGNOSIS; HUMANS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VAGINAL SMEARS;

EID: 0035145489     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0895-4356(00)00288-2     Document Type: Letter

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5. Current methods of laboratory diagnosis of Chlamydia trachomatis infections