Methodology of diagnostic tests in hepatology

Annals of Hepatology

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 177-183

  Christensen, Erik ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Diagnostic test; Likelihood ratio; Negative predictive value; Positive predictive value; Receiver operating characteristic curve; ROC curve; Sensitivity; Specificity

Indexed keywords

CALCULATION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; NORMAL VALUE; PATIENT CODING; PREDICTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRESSURE GRADIENT; PROBABILITY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; GASTROENTEROLOGY; LIVER DISEASE; METHODOLOGY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING;

DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; GASTROENTEROLOGY; HUMANS; LIVER DISEASES; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 77952495204     PISSN: 16652681     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s1665-2681(19)31763-6     Document Type: Review

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