Systematic reviews of diagnositc tests: A guide to methods and application

Best Practice and Research: Clinical Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 19, Issue 1 SPEC. ISS., 2005, Pages 37-46

  Khan, Khalid S ^a  

^a BIRMINGHAM WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Meta analysis; Systematic reviews

Indexed keywords

FIBRONECTIN; STEROID;

CHILD HEALTH CARE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HIGH RISK PREGNANCY; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL LITERATURE; META ANALYSIS; MORBIDITY; NEWBORN MORTALITY; NOMOGRAM; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREDICTION; PREMATURE LABOR; PRENATAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PUBLISHING; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARD; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VALIDATION PROCESS; DECISION MAKING; DIAGNOSIS; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; LITERATURE; METHODOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY;

DECISION MAKING; DIAGNOSIS; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; META-ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; REVIEW LITERATURE;

EID: 14744303344     PISSN: 15216934     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bpobgyn.2004.10.012     Document Type: Review

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