Can a Test Being Evaluated in a Study Be Itself Used as a Reference Standard?

Chest. 2021 Jan;159(1):448. doi: 10.1016/j.chest.2020.07.090.

Authors

Kajal Arora¹, Valliappan Muthu¹, Ashutosh Nath Aggarwal¹, Ritesh Agarwal²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India.
² Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India. Electronic address: agarwal.ritesh@outlook.in.

PMID: 33422220
DOI: 10.1016/j.chest.2020.07.090

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Publication types

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Comment

MeSH terms

Cohort Studies
Humans
Pleura*
Reference Standards
Sensitivity and Specificity