Interpreting Diagnostic Studies in SARS—Defining the Reference
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Interpreting diagnostic accuracy studies for patient care.
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1Julius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care, University Medical Center Utrecht, 3584 CG Utrecht, Netherlands 2CTU Bern, Department of Clinical Research, University of Bern, Switzerland 3Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine, University of Bern, Switzerland 4Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlan...
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عنوان ژورنال: Clinical Immunology
سال: 2004
ISSN: 1521-6616
DOI: 10.1016/j.clim.2004.07.007