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Using a Web-Based Application to Define the Accuracy of Diagnostic Tests When the Gold Standard Is Imperfect

BACKGROUND: Estimates of the sensitivity and specificity for new diagnostic tests based on evaluation against a known gold standard are imprecise when the accuracy of the gold standard is imperfect. Bayesian latent class models (LCMs) can be helpful under these circumstances, but the necessary analy...

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Autores principales: Lim, Cherry, Wannapinij, Prapass, White, Lisa, Day, Nicholas P. J., Cooper, Ben S., Peacock, Sharon J., Limmathurotsakul, Direk
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3827152/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24265775
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0079489