Limitations of sensitivity, specificity, likelihood ratio, and bayes' theorem in assessing diagnostic probabilities: a clinical example.

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Published in Epidemiology on January 01, 1997

Authors

K G Moons1, G A van Es, J W Deckers, J D Habbema, D E Grobbee

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Erasmus University Medical School, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.

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