Toward complete and accurate reporting of studies of diagnostic accuracy: The STARD initiative

American Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 119, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 18-22

  Bossuyt, Patrick M ^a   Reitsma, Johannes B ^a   Bruns, David E ^b   Gatsonis, Constantine A ^b   Glasziou, Paul P ^b   Irwig, Les M ^b   Lijmer, Jeroen G ^b   Moher, David ^b   Rennie, Drummond ^b   De Vet, Henrica C W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Accuracy; Bias; Checklist; Diagnosis; External validity; Guideline; Internal validity; Reporting; Sensitivity and specificity

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL LABORATORY; CLINICAL RESEARCH; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; REVIEW; STANDARD; ALGORITHM; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; METHODOLOGY; PUBLISHING;

ALGORITHMS; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CLINICAL TRIALS; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES AND PROCEDURES; GUIDELINES; PUBLISHING; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 85047689214     PISSN: 00029173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1309/8EXCCM6YR1THUBAF     Document Type: Review

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