Appendiceal enlargement as a criterion for clinical diagnosis of acute appendicitis: is it reliable and valid?

Accuracy of acute levodopa challenge for

Accuracy of acute levodopa challenge for clinical prediction of sustained long-term levodopa response as a major criterion for idiopathic Parkinson's disease diagnosis

✍ Marcelo Merello; Maria I. Nouzeilles; Gabriel Piran Arce; Ramón Leiguarda 📂 Article 📅 2002 🏛 John Wiley and Sons 🌐 English ⚖ 95 KB

Clinical idiopathic Parkinson's disease (PD) diagnosis requires following strict clinical criteria. Final definitive diagnosis can only be made after pathological confirmation and, despite following clinical criteria, several cases are misdiagnosed. We assessed sensitivity and specificity of acute c