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1991 • 3,572 citations

Problems of Spectrum and Bias in Evaluating the Efficacy of Diagnostic Tests

1978 • 1,699 citations

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1974 • 1,002 citations

Assessment of Diagnostic Tests When Disease Verification is Subject to Selection Bias

1983 • 668 citations

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1987 • 516 citations

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1976 • 181 citations

Reverend Bayes' silent majority

1986 • 147 citations

The influence of referral patterns on the characteristics of diagnostic tests

1992 • 143 citations

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1992 • 112 citations

A model for assessing the sensitivity and specificity of tests subject to selection bias

1986 • 102 citations

The Effects of Disease Verification and Referral on the Relationship Between Symptoms and Diseases

1987 • 95 citations

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1987 • 61 citations

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1992 • 43 citations

ROC Curves and the Areas under Them for Dichotomized Tests

1994 • 25 citations

Ultrasonography versus clinical examination in evaluation of testicular tumors

1994 • 20 citations

Use of a Hospital Database to Determine the Characteristics of Diagnostic Tests

1990 • 5 citations