How Should Results from Clinical Tests Be Integrated into the Diagnostic Process?

Ophthalmology

Volumn 113, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1479-1480

  Garway Heath, David F ^a   Friedman, David S ^a  

^a London ^*

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Indexed keywords

CLINICAL EXAMINATION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; EDITORIAL; GLAUCOMA; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VISION;

DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, OPHTHALMOLOGICAL; GLAUCOMA; HUMANS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; PROBABILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYSTEMS INTEGRATION;

EID: 33747890493     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2006.05.052     Document Type: Editorial

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