BMC Medical Research Methodology

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Reproducibility of the STARD checklist: an instrument to assess the quality of reporting of diagnostic accuracy studies

Nynke Smidt1,2*, Anne WS Rutjes2, Daniƫlle AWM van der Windt1, Raymond WJG Ostelo1, Patrick M Bossuyt2, Johannes B Reitsma2, Lex M Bouter1 and Henrica CW de Vet1

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1 Institute for Research in Extramural Medicine, VU University Medical Center, Van der Boechorststraat 7, 1081 BT Amsterdam, The Netherlands

2 Department of Clinical Epidemiology & Biostatistics, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, PO Box 22700, 1100 DE Amsterdam, The Netherlands

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BMC Medical Research Methodology 2006, 6:12 doi:10.1186/1471-2288-6-12

Published: 15 March 2006

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