Diagnostic versus classification criteria: A continuum

Bulletin of the NYU Hospital for Joint Diseases

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 206-208

  Yazici, Hasan ^a,b  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RHEUMATOID FACTOR;

CONFERENCE PAPER; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ENDEMIC DISEASE; HODGKIN DISEASE; HUMAN; MALARIA; MORBIDITY; POLYARTERITIS; RHEUMATIC FEVER; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; WEGENER GRANULOMATOSIS;

COMPREHENSION; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RHEUMATIC DISEASES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC;

EID: 67649472803     PISSN: 19369719     EISSN: 19369727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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