Abstract
Everytime somebody walks into the doctor's office he should find an answer to two basic rights: being diagnosed as ill if an illness is present or being recognized as healthy in the absence of a significant disease. Diagnostic tests may help the doctor in this task, but must be interpreted with care. In the first of a series of articles on diagnostic tests performance characteristics, the concepts of sensitivity and specificity are reviewed, with attention both to their usefulness and their clinical limitations.
| Original language | Italian |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 178-182 |
| Number of pages | 5 |
| Journal | Ricerca e Pratica |
| Volume | 16 |
| Issue number | 5 |
| Publication status | Published - 2000 |
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Sensibilita e specificita. / Luciani, D.; Facchini, R.; Bertolini, G.
In: Ricerca e Pratica, Vol. 16, No. 5, 2000, p. 178-182.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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