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. 2016 Sep 5;16(1):109. doi: 10.1186/s12876-016-0515-3

Table 2.

Quality of articles using the QUADAS tool

Study Risk of bias Applicability Concerns
Patient selection Index test Reference standard Flow and timing Patient selection Index test Reference standard
Guo etal [27] (2008) L L L L L L L
Zhen etal [29] (2014) L L L L L L L
Rapat etal [20] (2013) H L L L H L L
Lim etal [19] (2013) L L L L L L L

L low risk; H high risk; U nuclear risk