Comparison of diagnostic accuracy of biomarkers with pooled assessments

Biometrical Journal

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 631-644

  Liu, Aiyi ^a   Schisterman, Enrique F ^a  

^a EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

Pooled analysis; Receiver operating characteristics curves; Sensitivity; Specificity

Indexed keywords

ASSAYS; DIAGNOSIS; STATISTICAL TESTS;

AREA UNDER THE ROC CURVE; ASYMPTOTICS; DIAGNOSES OF DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; POOLED ANALYSE; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC CURVES; SENSITIVITY; SPECIFICITY; TEST STATISTICS;

BIOMARKERS;

EID: 0042570339     PISSN: 03233847     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bimj.200390038     Document Type: Article

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