External validation of a nomogram that predicts the pathological diagnosis of thyroid nodules in a Chinese population.
INTRODUCTION: Nomograms are statistical predictive models that can provide the probability of a clinical event. Nomograms have better performance for the estimation of individual risks because of their increased accuracy and objectivity relative to physicians' personal experiences. Recently, a...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2013-01-01
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Series: | PLoS ONE |
Online Access: | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3672210?pdf=render |