Systematic reviews and meta-analyses of diagnostic studies: a practical guideline

Clinical and Translational Imaging

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 83-87

  Sadeghi, Ramin ^a   Treglia, Giorgio ^b  

^a MASHHAD UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b ONCOLOGY INSTITUTE OF SOUTHERN SWITZERLAND   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Evidence based medicine; Guideline; Meta analysis; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

DATA EXTRACTION; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; REVIEW; SCIENTIST;

EID: 85015864290     PISSN: 22815872     EISSN: 22817565     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s40336-016-0219-2     Document Type: Review

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