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Parkinson's Disease Can Now Be Detected Through the Skin (wsj.com)
18 points by jspann 815 days ago
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bookofjoe 815 days ago
https://archive.ph/wip/5VZgl

https://www.wsj.com/health/parkinsons-disease-can-now-be-det...

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Havoc 814 days ago
What’s the easiest test available to the man on the street?
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melling 815 days ago
“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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blamestross 815 days ago
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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