alt Hacker NewsMaybe I've misunderstood something, but how can they know the accuracy of the test? It is the best test out there, so if it misses a diagnosis, how do they reliably catch the false negative?
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WA • today at 6:16 AM
Person has Alzheimer‘s (diagnosed by neurological assessment). Test this person with a blood test.
MarcelOlsz • today at 6:17 AM
If the patient forgets to follow-up. Badum tss. Thanks for the layup.
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It’s one of the best blood tests. There are also PET scans, lumbar punctures (spinal taps), and postmortem analyses of brain tissue.