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Do we need randomised trials to evaluate diagnostic procedures?

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Valk, P.E. Do we need randomised trials to evaluate diagnostic procedures?. Eur J Nucl Med Mol Imaging 31, 132–135 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00259-003-1385-9

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