Meta-analysis using individual participant data is the gold standard for diagnostic studies

Hepatology

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 1062-1063

  Zheng, Ming Hua ^a   Shi, Ke Qing ^a   Fan, Yu Chen ^b   Chen, Yong Ping ^a  

^a THE FIRST AFFILIATED HOSPITAL OF WENZHOU MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOTRANSFERASE;

DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; GOLD STANDARD; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LETTER; LIVER FIBROSIS; MEDICAL RECORD; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); MIXED INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THROMBOCYTE;

DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; HUMANS; META-ANALYSIS AS TOPIC;

EID: 79952217189     PISSN: 02709139     EISSN: 15273350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hep.24188     Document Type: Letter

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