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. 2021 Jan;82(1):159-198.
doi: 10.1016/j.jinf.2020.05.044. Epub 2020 May 27.

Derivation and validation of a scoring system to assess pre-test probability of being COVID-19 positive

A Borghetti  1 , A Ciccullo  2 , M Paratore  3 , F Rovedi  3 , L Stella  3 , A Marchetti  1 , P Cattani  4 , L Zileri Dal Verme  1 , R Cauda  5 , A Gasbarrini  6 , S Di Giambenedetto  5 ; Residents against COVID-Unit Elite (ResCUE)-Team
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Derivation and validation of a scoring system to assess pre-test probability of being COVID-19 positive

A Borghetti et al. J Infect. 2021 Jan.
No abstract available

Keywords: COVID-19; Diagnosis; SARS-CoV-2; Score.

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Receiver-operator characteristic curves (ROC AUC) for the scoring system in the derivation and validation set.
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