Diagnostic performance of various tests and criteria employed in allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis: a latent class analysis.

AIM: The efficiency of various investigations and diagnostic criteria used in diagnosis of allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis (ABPA) remain unknown, primarily because of the lack of a gold standard. Latent class analysis (LCA) can provide estimates of sensitivity and specificity in absence of g...

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Main Authors: Ritesh Agarwal, Dipesh Maskey, Ashutosh Nath Aggarwal, Biman Saikia, Mandeep Garg, Dheeraj Gupta, Arunaloke Chakrabarti
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3625190?pdf=render