Verification problems in diagnostic accuracy studies: Consequences and solutions

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 343, Issue 7821, 2011, Pages

  De Groot, Joris A H ^a   Bossuyt, Patrick M M ^b   Reitsma, Johannes B ^b   Rutjes, Anne W S ^c   Dendukuri, Nandini ^d   Janssen, Kristel J M ^a   Moons, Karel G M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^d ROYAL VICTORIA HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIGITAL RECTAL EXAMINATION; ECHOGRAPHY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; MEDICAL RESEARCH; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIOGRAPHY; REFERENCE VALUE; SAMPLING ERROR; SCINTIGRAPHY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARD; STRESS ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; VALIDATION PROCESS;

DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES AND PROCEDURES; REFERENCE STANDARDS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SELECTION BIAS;

EID: 84859004057     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.d4770     Document Type: Article

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