Estimation of the diagnostic accuracy of organ electrodermal diagnostics

South African Medical Journal

Volumn 94, Issue 7 I, 2004, Pages 547-551

  Szopinski, J Z ^a   Pantanowitz, D ^a   Lochner, G P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLADDER DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLON DISEASE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; ELECTRIC CURRENT; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; ELECTRONIC SENSOR; ESOPHAGUS DISEASE; FEMALE; GALLBLADDER DISEASE; GERMANY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KIDNEY DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; ORGAN ELECTRODERMAL DIAGNOSTICS; PANCREAS DISEASE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT SELECTION; PREDICTION; PROSTATE DISEASE; RELIABILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN CONDUCTANCE; SKIN SURFACE; STANDARDIZATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STOMACH DISEASE;

ADULT; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM DISEASES; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; EAR, EXTERNAL; FEMALE; GALVANIC SKIN RESPONSE; HUMANS; KIDNEY DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSTATIC DISEASES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; URINARY BLADDER DISEASES;

EID: 4043177773     PISSN: 02569574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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