Bayesian Meta-Analysis of the Accuracy of a Test for Tuberculous Pleuritis in the Absence of a Gold Standard Reference

Biometrics

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1285-1293

  Dendukuri, Nandini ^a   Schiller, Ian ^b   Joseph, Lawrence ^a   Pai, Madhukar ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bayesian; Bivariate model; Diagnostic test accuracy; Latent class model; Meta analysis

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSIS; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEMS; NUCLEIC ACIDS; STATISTICAL TESTS;

BAYESIAN; BIVARIATE MODELS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS; LATENT CLASS MODEL; META-ANALYSIS; NUCLEIC ACIDS AMPLIFICATION; REFERENCE STANDARD; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TEST ACCURACY;

SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; BIOMETRY; META-ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 84871662638     PISSN: 0006341X     EISSN: 15410420     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1541-0420.2012.01773.x     Document Type: Article

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