Meta-analysis of Diagnostic Test Accuracy Assessment Studies with Varying Number of Thresholds

Biometrics

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 936-946

  Dukic, V ^a   Gatsonis, C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Diagnostic test; Meta analysis; Nonnested thresholds; Pregnancy failure; Progesterone

Indexed keywords

STATISTICAL TESTS;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; ANALYTIC METHOD; BAYESIAN; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS; META-ANALYSIS; NONNESTED THRESHOLD; PREGNANCY FAILURE; PROGESTERON; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC CURVES; TEST ACCURACY;

OBSTETRICS;

PROGESTERONE;

META-ANALYSIS; PREGNANCY;

ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; ECTOPIC PREGNANCY; FEMALE; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; META ANALYSIS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY DISORDER; PROGESTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL MODEL;

EID: 0347994081     PISSN: 0006341X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0006-341X.2003.00108.x     Document Type: Article

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