Generalized ROC curve inference for a biomarker subject to a limit of detection and measurement error

Statistics in Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 13, 2009, Pages 1841-1860

  Perkins, Neil J ^a   Schisterman, Enrique F ^a   Vexler, Albert ^a,b  

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

^b UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

Area under the curve; Limit of detection; Measurement error; Replicates; ROC curve

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; VASCULOTROPIN; VASCULOTROPIN RECEPTOR 1;

AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEASUREMENT ERROR; PREECLAMPSIA; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; RELIABILITY; ROC CURVE; SIMULATION;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BIOMETRY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PRE-ECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; ROC CURVE; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR A; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR-1;

EID: 69949102128     PISSN: 02776715     EISSN: 10970258     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/sim.3575     Document Type: Article

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