STARD 2015: an Updated List of Essential Items for Reporting Diagnostic Accuracy Studies

Overview

Journal BMJ

Specialty General Medicine

Date 2015 Oct 30

PMID 26511519

Citations 1240

Authors

Patrick M Bossuyt

Johannes B Reitsma

David E Bruns

Constantine A Gatsonis

Paul P Glasziou

Les Irwig

Jeroen G Lijmer

David Moher

Drummond Rennie

Henrica C W de Vet

Herbert Y Kressel

Nader Rifai

Robert M Golub

Douglas G Altman

Lotty Hooft

Daniel A Korevaar

Jeremie F Cohen

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