Systematic overview finds variation in approaches to investigating and reporting on sources of heterogeneity in systematic reviews of diagnostic studies

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 67, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 1200-1209

  Naaktgeboren, Christiana A ^a   Van Enst, Wynanda A ^a,b   Ochodo, Eleanor A ^b,c   De Groot, Joris A H ^a   Hooft, Lotty ^a,b   Leeflang, Mariska M ^a,b   Bossuyt, Patrick M ^b   Moons, Karel G M ^a   Reitsma, Johannes B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF STELLENBOSCH   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Bias (epidemiology); Data interpretation; Diagnostic techniques and procedures standards; Meta analysis; Sensitivity and specificity; Statistical

Indexed keywords

COHORT ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); QUALITY CONTROL; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STUDY DESIGN; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC); METHODOLOGY; PROCEDURES; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; HUMANS; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 84908310194     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: 18785921     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2014.05.018     Document Type: Review

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