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Table 7 The diagnostic results of each study included in the meta-analysis

Study (year)	Technique	Sample size	True Positives	False Positives	False Negatives	True Negatives
Takashima et al. (1994) [9]	PGFNAB	34	21	1	3	9
Takashima et al. (1994) [9]	USGFNAB	99	64	3	3	29
Hatada et al. (1998) [11]	PGFNAB	66	23	1	19	23
Hatada et al. (1998) [11]	USGFNAB	60	22	1	11	26
Danese et al. (1998) [10]	PGFNAB	522	79	136	7	300
Danese et al. (1998) [10]	USGFNAB	535	99	126	3	307
Carmeci et al. (1998) [12]	PGFNAB	41	17	11	2	11
Carmeci et al. (1998) [12]	USGFNAB	15	10	4	0	1
Solymosi et al. (2001) [23]	PGFNAB	317	19	101	6	191
Solymosi et al. (2001) [23]	USGFNAB	380	35	102	3	240
Goudy et al. (2005) [13]	PGFNAB	18	5	1	0	12
Goudy et al. (2005) [13]	USGFNAB	11	2	5	0	4
Cesur et al. (2006) [14]	PGFNAB	18	4	3	2	9
Cesur et al. (2006) [14]	USGFNAB	22	6	2	1	13
Izquierdo et al. (2006) [15]	PGFNAB	23	7	5	4	7
Izquierdo et al. (2006) [15]	USGFNAB	5	3	1	0	1
Can et al. (2008) [16]	PGFNAB	15	2	1	0	12
Can et al. (2008) [16]	USGFNAB	22	8	3	0	11
Krishnappa et al. (2013) [17]	PGFNAB	25	6	1	5	13
Krishnappa et al. (2013) [17]	USGFNAB	25	9	1	2	13
Sharma et al. (2017) [19]	PGFNAB	49	5	6	1	37
Sharma et al. (2017) [19]	USGFNAB	80	3	3	1	73

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