Nonparametric sequential evaluation of diagnostic biomarkers

Statistics in Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1667-1678

  Liu, Aiyi ^a   Wu, Chengqing ^a   Schisterman, Enrique F ^a  

^a EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomarkers; Correlated measurements; Correlated U statistics; Diagnostic tests; Interim looks and early stopping

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ARTICLE; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; EVALUATION; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; MEASUREMENT; METHODOLOGY; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE;

DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DIAGNOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; HUMANS; RESEARCH DESIGN; ROC CURVE; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 42449150117     PISSN: 02776715     EISSN: 10970258     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/sim.3203     Document Type: Article

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