We should not pool diagnostic likelihood ratios in systematic reviews.

作者: Aeilko H. Zwinderman , Patrick M. Bossuyt

DOI: 10.1002/SIM.2992

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摘要: … of diagnostic likelihood ratios to describe the accuracy of diagnostic tests. Likelihood ratios are … Although likelihood ratios vary between zero and infinity, meta‐analysis is complicated by …

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