Various randomized designs can be used to evaluate medical tests

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 364-373

  Lijmer, Jeroen G ^a,b   Bossuyt, Patrick M M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b Waterland Hospital   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Evaluation; Medical tests; Prognosis; Randomization

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAROTID ARTERY BRUIT; CERVICAL BRUIT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; DYSPHAGIA; ECHOGRAPHY; HEAD INJURY; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; HUMAN; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; PERCUTANEOUS ENDOSCOPIC GASTROSTOMY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SEROLOGY; STROKE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES AND PROCEDURES; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 60549084162     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2008.06.017     Document Type: Article

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