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Evidence of bias and variation in diagnostic accuracy studies
Anne W.S. Rutjes, Johannes B. Reitsma, Marcello Di Nisio, Nynke Smidt, Jeroen C. van Rijn and Patrick M.M. Bossuyt
CMAJ February 14, 2006 174 (4) 469-476; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.050090
Anne W.S. Rutjes
From the Deptartment of Clinical Epidemiology & Biostatistics(Rutjes, Reitsma, van Rijn, Bossuyt), Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands ; the Department of Medicine and Aging, School of Medicine, and Aging Research Center (Nisio), Ce.S.I., Gabriele D'Annunzio University Foundation, Chieti-Pescara, Via dei Vestini Chieti-Pescara, Italy; and the Institute for Research in Extramural Medicine (Smidt), VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
Johannes B. Reitsma
From the Deptartment of Clinical Epidemiology & Biostatistics(Rutjes, Reitsma, van Rijn, Bossuyt), Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands ; the Department of Medicine and Aging, School of Medicine, and Aging Research Center (Nisio), Ce.S.I., Gabriele D'Annunzio University Foundation, Chieti-Pescara, Via dei Vestini Chieti-Pescara, Italy; and the Institute for Research in Extramural Medicine (Smidt), VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
Marcello Di Nisio
From the Deptartment of Clinical Epidemiology & Biostatistics(Rutjes, Reitsma, van Rijn, Bossuyt), Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands ; the Department of Medicine and Aging, School of Medicine, and Aging Research Center (Nisio), Ce.S.I., Gabriele D'Annunzio University Foundation, Chieti-Pescara, Via dei Vestini Chieti-Pescara, Italy; and the Institute for Research in Extramural Medicine (Smidt), VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
Nynke Smidt
From the Deptartment of Clinical Epidemiology & Biostatistics(Rutjes, Reitsma, van Rijn, Bossuyt), Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands ; the Department of Medicine and Aging, School of Medicine, and Aging Research Center (Nisio), Ce.S.I., Gabriele D'Annunzio University Foundation, Chieti-Pescara, Via dei Vestini Chieti-Pescara, Italy; and the Institute for Research in Extramural Medicine (Smidt), VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
Jeroen C. van Rijn
From the Deptartment of Clinical Epidemiology & Biostatistics(Rutjes, Reitsma, van Rijn, Bossuyt), Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands ; the Department of Medicine and Aging, School of Medicine, and Aging Research Center (Nisio), Ce.S.I., Gabriele D'Annunzio University Foundation, Chieti-Pescara, Via dei Vestini Chieti-Pescara, Italy; and the Institute for Research in Extramural Medicine (Smidt), VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
Patrick M.M. Bossuyt
From the Deptartment of Clinical Epidemiology & Biostatistics(Rutjes, Reitsma, van Rijn, Bossuyt), Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands ; the Department of Medicine and Aging, School of Medicine, and Aging Research Center (Nisio), Ce.S.I., Gabriele D'Annunzio University Foundation, Chieti-Pescara, Via dei Vestini Chieti-Pescara, Italy; and the Institute for Research in Extramural Medicine (Smidt), VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
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vol. 174 no. 4 469-476
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- Published online February 13, 2006.
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- Anne W.S. Rutjes,
- Johannes B. Reitsma,
- Marcello Di Nisio,
- Nynke Smidt,
- Jeroen C. van Rijn,
- Patrick M.M. Bossuyt
- From the Deptartment of Clinical Epidemiology & Biostatistics(Rutjes, Reitsma, van Rijn, Bossuyt), Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands ; the Department of Medicine and Aging, School of Medicine, and Aging Research Center (Nisio), Ce.S.I., Gabriele D'Annunzio University Foundation, Chieti-Pescara, Via dei Vestini Chieti-Pescara, Italy; and the Institute for Research in Extramural Medicine (Smidt), VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
- Correspondence to:
Dr. Anne W.S. Rutjes, Department of Clinical Pharmacology and Epidemiology, Consorzio Mario Negri Sud, Via Nazionale 8, 66030 Santa Maria Imbaro, Chieti, Italy; fax +39 087 2570206
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Anne W.S. Rutjes, Johannes B. Reitsma, Marcello Di Nisio, Nynke Smidt, Jeroen C. van Rijn, Patrick M.M. Bossuyt
CMAJ Feb 2006, 174 (4) 469-476; DOI: 10.1503/cmaj.050090
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