A ruler for interpreting diagnostic test results

Methods of Information in Medicine

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 124-126

  Hellmich, Martin ^a   Lehmacher, W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bayes' rule; Likelihood ratio; Nomogram

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

EID: 16244377720     PISSN: 00261270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0038-1633930     Document Type: Article

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