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Future Prospects for Diagnostic Test Accuracy Studies in Dementia

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This chapter examines some possible future prospects for diagnostic test accuracy studies in dementia, in terms of both potential problems and opportunities. A proposal for the role of pragmatic diagnostic test accuracy studies concludes these considerations.

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Larner, A.J. (2015). Future Prospects for Diagnostic Test Accuracy Studies in Dementia. In: Diagnostic Test Accuracy Studies in Dementia. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-16697-1_6

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