Observed differences in diagnostic test accuracy between patient subgroups: Is it real or due to reference standard misclassification?

Clinical Chemistry

Volumn 53, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1725-1729

  Biesheuvel, Corné ^a,c   Irwig, Les ^a   Bossuyt, Patrick ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c CHILDREN S HOSPITAL AT WESTMEAD   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

D DIMER;

DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; REFERENCE VALUE; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; URINE CULTURE;

ARTIFACTS; CLASSIFICATION; HUMANS; LABORATORY TECHNIQUES AND PROCEDURES; REFERENCE STANDARDS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 34848816830     PISSN: 00099147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1373/clinchem.2007.087403     Document Type: Review

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