Diagnostic test evaluation methodology: A systematic review of methods employed to evaluate diagnostic tests in the absence of gold standard – An update

Chinyereugo M. Umemneku Chikere; Kevin Wilson; Sara Graziadio; Luke Vale; A. Joy Allen

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0223832

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Diagnostic test evaluation methodology: A systematic review of methods employed to evaluate diagnostic tests in the absence of gold standard – An update

Chinyereugo M. Umemneku Chikere ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Chinyereugo M. Umemneku Chikere, Kevin Wilson, Luke Vale, A. Joy Allen

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: C.Umemneku2@newcastle.ac.uk

Affiliation Institute of Health & Society, Faculty of Medical Sciences Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, England, United Kingdom

http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4114-2227

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Kevin Wilson ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Chinyereugo M. Umemneku Chikere, Kevin Wilson, Luke Vale, A. Joy Allen

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation School of Mathematics, Statistics and Physics, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, England, United Kingdom
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Sara Graziadio,

Roles Investigation, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation National Institute for Health Research, Newcastle In Vitro Diagnostics Co-operative, Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals National Health Services Foundation Trust, Newcastle upon Tyne, England, United Kingdom
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Luke Vale ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Chinyereugo M. Umemneku Chikere, Kevin Wilson, Luke Vale, A. Joy Allen

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Institute of Health & Society, Faculty of Medical Sciences Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, England, United Kingdom
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A. Joy Allen

Contributed equally to this work with: Chinyereugo M. Umemneku Chikere, Kevin Wilson, Luke Vale, A. Joy Allen

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation National Institute for Health Research, Newcastle In Vitro Diagnostics Co-operative, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, England, United Kingdom
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Diagnostic test evaluation methodology: A systematic review of methods employed to evaluate diagnostic tests in the absence of gold standard – An update

Chinyereugo M. Umemneku Chikere,
Kevin Wilson,
Sara Graziadio,
Luke Vale,
A. Joy Allen

Published: October 11, 2019
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0223832

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