Principles of assessment from a clinical perspective

Best Practice and Research: Clinical Rheumatology

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 365-379

  Landewé, Robert B M ^a   Van Der Heijde, Désirée M F M ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Assessments; Bayes' theorem; Likelihood ratio; Measurements; Odds; Probability; Sensitivity; Specificity

Indexed keywords

ANTINUCLEAR ANTIBODY; C REACTIVE PROTEIN;

ANALYTICAL ERROR; ANAMNESIS; ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS; ARTHRITIS; BAYES THEOREM; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONSULTATION; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; COUGHING; CROHN DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; LABORATORY TEST; LUNG CANCER; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD METHOD; MEASUREMENT; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; REPRODUCIBILITY; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; RHEUMATOLOGY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SHORT SURVEY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; ACCURACY; REVIEW;

EID: 0037701319     PISSN: 15216942     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1521-6942(03)00024-X     Document Type: Short Survey

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