title: [Analysis of a diagnostic test: ROC curve or "receiver operating characteristic"].
authors.affiliation: Service qualité des soins (TP) et Clinique médicale, Département de médecine interne (AP), Hôpitaux universitaires de Genève, Suisse. thomas.perneger@hcuge.ch
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authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Perneger
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authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Perrier
mesh_terms: D001499:Bayes Theorem; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D003955:Diagnostic Tests, Routine / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards*; D016002:Discriminant Analysis; D005338:Fibrin Fibrinogen Degradation Products / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D008403:Mass Screening / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards; D018579:Patient Selection; D011655:Pulmonary Embolism / Q000097:blood / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology; D012372:ROC Curve; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity
chemical_list: D005338:Fibrin Fibrinogen Degradation Products; C036309:fibrin fragment D