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Review
. 2002 Mar 16;324(7338):669-71.
doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7338.669.

Designing studies to ensure that estimates of test accuracy are transferable

Les Irwig  1 , Patrick Bossuyt, Paul Glasziou, Constantine Gatsonis, Jeroen Lijmer
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Review

Designing studies to ensure that estimates of test accuracy are transferable

Les Irwig et al. BMJ. .
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Distribution of test results in patients with and without the target disease. The numbers refer to assumptions for the transferability of test results (see text and table)
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