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Studies of Diagnostic and Prognostic Tests.
Edward H. Livingston
in AMA Manual of Style: A Guide for Authors and Editors (11 ed.)
Diagnostic and prognostic studies are designed to develop, validate, or update the diagnostic or prognostic accuracy of a test or model. Correct treatment depends on accurate diagnosis. Diagnoses may be made based on a patient’s history, physical signs or physical examination findings, or procedures such as blood tests and radiologic imaging. Few diagnostic tests, however, can be relied on to yield accurate diagnoses 100% of the time. Thus, it is important to study the performance of diagnostic tests....View:
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