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Conducting systematic reviews of diagnostic studies: didactic guidelines

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Published: 3 July 2002

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