Evaluating diagnostic accuracy in the face of multiple reference standards

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 159, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 195-202

  Naaktgeboren, Christiana A ^a   de Groot, Joris A H ^a   van Smeden, Maarten ^a   Moons, Karel G M ^a   Reitsma, Johannes B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RISK; STANDARD; TUBERCULOSIS;

BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; HUMANS; REFERENCE STANDARDS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84881182975     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: 15393704     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-159-3-201308060-00009     Document Type: Article

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