Systematic review and meta-analysis of studies evaluating diagnostic test accuracy: A practical review for clinical researchers–part II. Statistical methods of meta-analysis

Korean Journal of Radiology

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 1188-1196

  Lee, Juneyoung ^a   Kim, Kyung Won ^b   Choi, Sang Hyun ^b   Huh, Jimi ^b   Park, Seong Ho ^b  

^a Korea University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b University of Ulsan College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Diagnostic test accuracy; Meta analysis; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

BIBLIOGRAPHIC DATABASE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; METHODOLOGY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PUBLISHING; REVIEW; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FACTUAL DATABASE; META ANALYSIS; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RESEARCH; SOFTWARE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

AREA UNDER CURVE; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; HUMANS; RESEARCH; ROC CURVE; SOFTWARE;

EID: 84946546422     PISSN: 12296929     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3348/kjr.2015.16.6.1188     Document Type: Review

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