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. 1999 Jan 16;318(7177):193-4.
doi: 10.1136/bmj.318.7177.193b.

Sensitivity and specificity and their confidence intervals cannot exceed 100%

J J Deeks, D G Altman

Sensitivity and specificity and their confidence intervals cannot exceed 100%

J J Deeks et al. BMJ. .
No abstract available

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