Meta-analyses of diagnostic studies

Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 47, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1351-1354

  Cleophas, Ton J ^a,b   Zwinderman, Aeilko H ^a,c  

^a European Interuniversity   (France)

^b ALBERT SCHWEITZER HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^c ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Diagnostic odds ratios; False negative rate; False positive rate; Meta analysis; Qualitative diagnostic studies; ROC curves; Sensitivity; Specificity; Summary ROC curves; True negative rate; True positive rate

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; LYMPHANGIOGRAPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARAMETER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESEARCH; RISK; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES AND PROCEDURES; HUMANS; ODDS RATIO; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 73349096618     PISSN: 14346621     EISSN: 14374331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/CCLM.2009.317     Document Type: Article

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