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Assessing the certainty of evidence of test accuracy studies when there are challenges with establishing a reference standard

Published:November 28, 2022DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclinepi.2022.11.016
Assessing the certainty of evidence of test accuracy studies when there are challenges with establishing a reference standard
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      Published online: November 28, 2022

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      Declaration of interest: None financial. Drs Mustafa and Shunemnann co-lead the GRADE diagnosis project group and have published extensively in this area.

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      DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclinepi.2022.11.016

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