Anticipating missing reference standard data when planning diagnostic accuracy studies.
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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, Netherlands Correspondence to: J B Reitsma [email protected] Additional material is published online only. To view please visit the journal online. Cite this as: BMJ 2016;352:i402 http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmj.i402
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- BMJ
دوره 352 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2016