Estimating the accuracy of anal cytology in the presence of an imperfect reference standard

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 8, 2010, Pages

  Mathews, William C ^a   Cachay, Edward R ^a   Caperna, Joseph ^a   Sitapati, Amy ^a   Cosman, Bard ^b   Abramson, Ian ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAL CYTOLOGY; ANAL DYSPLASIA; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOLOGY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DYSPLASIA; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PREVALENCE; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RECTUM BIOPSY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARDIZATION; ANAL CANAL; ANUS TUMOR; BIOPSY; MASS SCREENING; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; STANDARD;

ADULT; ANAL CANAL; ANUS NEOPLASMS; BIOPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS, SQUAMOUS CELL; REFERENCE STANDARDS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 77957901510     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0012284     Document Type: Article

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