Analysis of Predictive Values Based on Individual Risk Factors in Multi-Modality Trials

Diagnostics

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 192-209

  Lange, Katharina ^a   Brunner, Edgar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Coronary artery disease; Diagnostic trials; Negative predictive value; Positive predictive value

Indexed keywords

EID: 84926399969     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20754418     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/diagnostics3010192     Document Type: Article

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