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. 2014 Sep-Oct;19(5):27-30.
doi: 10.1590/2176-9451.19.5.027-030.ebo.

What is gold standard and what is ground truth?

Jefferson Rosa Cardoso  1 , Ligia Maxwell Pereira  2 , Maura Daly Iversen  3 , Adilson Luiz Ramos  4
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What is gold standard and what is ground truth?

Jefferson Rosa Cardoso et al. Dental Press J Orthod. 2014 Sep-Oct.
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