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PREDICTIVE MEDICINE. VII. THE SPECIFICITY OF TESTS
Author(s) -
Cheraskin E.,
Ringsdorf W. M.
Publication year - 1971
Publication title -
journal of the american geriatrics society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.992
H-Index - 232
eISSN - 1532-5415
pISSN - 0002-8614
DOI - 10.1111/j.1532-5415.1971.tb02432.x
Subject(s) - pathognomonic , medicine , disease , predictive value , diagnostic test , predictive testing , intensive care medicine , pathology , pediatrics
A bstract In full‐blown cases of disease, the results of certain biochemical tests may be highly diagnostic. However, in the early stages of illness, these tests are not pathognomonic and not even characteristic of a particular disease. For predictive purposes, biochemical testing is simply a measure of the syndrome of sickness.