Published in Clin Chem on February 07, 2008
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A risk score for unfavorable outcome in adults with bacterial meningitis. Ann Neurol (2008) 1.66
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Should scoring rules be based on odds ratios or regression coefficients? J Clin Epidemiol (2002) 1.58
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