We only see what we already know - A modified Bayes' formula to explain inherent limitations of diagnostic tests

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 759-763

  Sonnenberg, Amnon ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BAYES THEOREM; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PANCREATITIS; PHYSICAL DISEASE BY BODY FUNCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 8444233521     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mehy.2004.03.027     Document Type: Article

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