Systematic reviews of diagnostic test accuracy and the Cochrane collaboration

Internal and Emergency Medicine

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 255-258

  Virgili, Gianni ^a   Conti, Andrea A ^a   Murro, Vittoria ^a   Gensini, Gian Franco ^a   Gusinu, Roberto ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b DAI Cardiologico e dei Vasi   (Italy)

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EID: 67349134970     PISSN: 18280447     EISSN: 19709366     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11739-009-0243-6     Document Type: Article

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