Rapid point-of-care first-line screening tests for hepatitis b infection: A meta-analysis of diagnostic accuracy (1980-2010)

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 107, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1306-1313

  Shivkumar, Sushmita ^a,b   Peeling, Rosanna ^c   Jafari, Yalda ^a   Joseph, Lawrence ^b   Pai, Nitika Pant ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIBODY; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; HEPATITIS B(E) ANTIGEN;

ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIGEN ANTIBODY REACTION; ANTIGEN DETECTION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HEPATITIS B; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; POINT OF CARE TESTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

BAYES THEOREM; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGENS; HUMANS; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84866101015     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: 15720241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ajg.2012.141     Document Type: Review

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