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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Main Authors: Ridong Wu, Liling Zhu, Wen Li, Qing Tang, Fushun Pan, Weibin Wu, Jie Liu, Chen Yao, Shenming Wang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3672210?pdf=render