Diagnostic accuracy of nucleic acid amplification tests for tuberculous meningitis: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Lancet Infectious Diseases

Volumn 3, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 633-643

  Pai, Madhukar ^a   Flores, Laura L ^a   Pai, Nitika ^a   Hubbard, Alan ^a   Riley, Lee W ^a   Colford Jr , John M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL TRIAL; DATA BASE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TUBERCULOUS MENINGITIS;

EID: 0141645378     PISSN: 14733099     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1473-3099(03)00772-2     Document Type: Review

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