Letter to the Editor Reply: Statistical methods for assessment of added usefulness of new biomarkers

Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 49, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1241-1242

  Levinson, Stanley S ^a,b,c  

^a University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

^b Pathology and Laboratory Service   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

predictive values; reclassification; ROC curves

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN B; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

HUMAN; INTEGRATED DISCRIMINATION IMPROVEMENT; LETTER; NET RECLASSIFICATION INDEX; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 79960250552     PISSN: 14346621     EISSN: 14374331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/CCLM.2011.601     Document Type: Letter

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