BMC Medical Research Methodology

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Conducting systematic reviews of diagnostic studies: didactic guidelines

Walter L Devillé1,2*, Frank Buntinx3, Lex M Bouter1, Victor M Montori4, Henrica CW de Vet1, Danielle AWM van der Windt1 and P D Bezemer1,5

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1 Institute for Research in Extramural Medicine (EMGO Institute), VU University Medical Centre, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

2 Programme Migrant Health, Netherlands Institute for Health Services Research (Nivel), Utrecht, The Netherlands

3 Department of General Practice, Catholic University Leuven, Leuven, Belgium & Department of General Practice, University of Maastricht, Maastricht, The Netherlands

4 Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism, Nutrition and Internal Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA

5 Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, VU University Medical Centre, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

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BMC Medical Research Methodology 2002, 2:9 doi:10.1186/1471-2288-2-9

Published: 3 July 2002

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