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Re:Parkinson's Disease Can Now Be Detected Through the Skin by melling on Wednesday March 20, 2024 @12:47PM (#39769074)
“The test accurately detected the abnormal alpha-synuclein protein in 93% of people who had already been diagnosed by their symptoms with Parkinson’s”
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Re:Parkinson's Disease Can Now Be Detected Through the Skin by blamestross on Wednesday March 20, 2024 @04:04PM (#39771377)
Nifty very sensitive, but my sticky note that says "positive" is accurate 100% of the time when placed on people who have already been diagnosed with Parkinson's.

What's the specificity?

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