Table 5.5, Effect of Test Combination on Sensitivity and Specificity - Clinical Methods - NCBI Bookshelf

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Table 5.5Effect of Test Combination on Sensitivity and Specificity

Test(s)	Sensitivity	Specificity
A only	95%	90%
B only	80	95
A or B	99	85

: Source: From Galen, 1975, 43.

From: Chapter 5, Use of the Laboratory

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Clinical Methods: The History, Physical, and Laboratory Examinations. 3rd edition.

Walker HK, Hall WD, Hurst JW, editors.

Boston: Butterworths; 1990.

Copyright © 1990, Butterworth Publishers, a division of Reed Publishing.

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