Issues pertaining to data extraction and classification and publication bias in meta-analysis of the diagnostic accuracy of markers for bacterial infection [1] (multiple letters)

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 40, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1372-1374

  Knudsen, Troels Bygum ^a   Kristiansen, Thomas Birk ^a   Simon, Liliana ^b   Gauvin, France ^c   Amre, Devendra K ^c   Saint Louis, Patrick ^c   Lacroix, Jacques ^c  

^a HVIDOVRE HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; MARKER; PROCALCITONIN;

BACTERIAL INFECTION; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE MARKER; EVALUATION; INFLAMMATION; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LETTER; MEASUREMENT; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MENINGITIS; META ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; SAMPLE SIZE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEPSIS; SEPTICEMIA; STANDARD; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VIRUS INFECTION;

BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CALCITONIN; HUMANS; PROTEIN PRECURSORS; PUBLICATION BIAS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 17644415049     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/429507     Document Type: Letter

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