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World J Gastroenterol. Nov 7, 2013; 19(41): 7189-7196
Published online Nov 7, 2013. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v19.i41.7189
Table 3 Quality Assessment of Diagnostic Accuracy Studies-2 results of all included studies
StudyRisk of bias
Applicability concerns
Patient selectionIndex testReference standardFlow and timingPatient selectionIndex testReference standard
Chan et al[22]↑?↓↓↓?↓
Chang et al[23]↑?↓↓↓?↓
Maurizio et al[24]↑?↓?↓?↓
Mohamed et al[25]↑↓↓↓↓↓↓
Azab et al[26]↑↓↓↓↓↓↓
Zhang et al[27]↑↓↓↓↓↓↓
Huang et al[28]↑?↓↓↓?↓


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