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Individual Participant Data (IPD) Meta-analyses of Diagnostic and Prognostic Modeling Studies: Guidance on Their Use

PLOS MEDICINE (2015)

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PLOS MEDICINE

卷 12, 期 10, 页码 -

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DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1001886

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Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research [9120.8004, 918.10.615, 916.11.126]
MRC Network of Hubs for Trials Methodology Research [MR/L004933/1-R20]
MRC Partnership Grant for the PROGnosis RESearch Strategy (PROGRESS) group [G0902393]
Medical Research Council [G0902393, MR/L004933/1] Funding Source: researchfish
MRC [G0902393, MR/L004933/1] Funding Source: UKRI

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