Defining biomarker performance and clinical validity

Journal of Medical Biochemistry

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 193-200

  Bossuyt, Patrick M M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

accuracy; biomarker; clinical utility; clinical validity

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; CLINICAL CHEMISTRY; CLINICAL LABORATORY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EVALUATION; HUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTIVE VALUE; REFERENCE VALUE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARDIZATION; VALIDITY;

EID: 79959561448     PISSN: 14528258     EISSN: 14528266     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/v10011-011-0028-0     Document Type: Article

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