Diagnostic methods I: Sensitivity, specificity, and other measures of accuracy

Kidney International

Volumn 75, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1257-1263

  Van Stralen, Karlijn J ^a   Stel, Vianda S ^a   Reitsma, Johannes B ^a   Dekker, Friedo W ^a,b   Zoccali, Carmine ^c   Jager, Kitty J ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c OSPEDALI RIUNITI   (Italy)

^d ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Accuracy; Diagnosis; Diagnostic strategy; Epidemiology; Nephrology; Sensitivity and specificity

Indexed keywords

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; MICROALBUMINURIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS;

EID: 67349120124     PISSN: 00852538     EISSN: 15231755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ki.2009.92     Document Type: Article

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