Characteristics of good diagnostic studies

Seminars in Reproductive Medicine

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 17-25

  Mol, Ben W ^a   Lijmer, Jeroen G ^b   Evers, Johannes L H ^c   Bossuyt, Patrick M M ^b  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Likelihood ratio; Randomized clinical trial; Sensitivity; Specificity

Indexed keywords

CA 125 ANTIGEN; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN;

CLINICAL RESEARCH; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; ECTOPIC PREGNANCY; GONADOTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RELIABILITY; REVIEW;

ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FALLOPIAN TUBE DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, ECTOPIC; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; RESEARCH DESIGN; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0037602233     PISSN: 15268004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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