Estimating the Accuracy of Anal Cytology in the Presence of an Imperfect Reference Standard (original) (raw)
Abstract
The study aim is to estimate sensitivity and specificity of anal cytology for histologic HSIL in analyses adjusted for the imperfect biopsy reference standard.
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