Sensitivity and specificity of immunohistochemical markers used in the diagnosis of epithelioid mesothelioma: a detailed systematic analysis using published data

A study to determine the sensitivity and

A study to determine the sensitivity and specificity of hospital discharge diagnosis data used in the MICA study

✍ R. McAlpine; S. Pringle; T. Pringle; R. Lorimer; T. M. Macdonald 📂 Article 📅 1998 🏛 John Wiley and Sons 🌐 English ⚖ 121 KB 👁 2 views

Aims Ð To determine the sensitivity and speci®city of each ICD9 code for a diagnosis of de®nite or possible myocardial infarction (MI) from the perspective of the Myocardial Infarction Causality Study (MICA) and to use these data to estimate the likely number of MICA cases in Scotland that would be