New blood test for irritable bowel syndrome on the horizon
October 9th, 2008 by Nina Thompson, ARNP
There is a new a blood test to aid in the diagnosis of irritable bowel syndrome, but the test’s accuracy is far from perfect. The sensitivity of the test was only 50% with specificity of 88%. In other words, if you have irritable bowel syndrome, the test will detect it 50% of the time. The blood test is still in early-stage development, even though Prometheus Laboratories in San Diego is already offering it clinically.
via Bruce Neri, Ph.D., of Prometheus Laboratories in San Diego, American College of Gastroenterology meeting, October 2008
via MedPage Today, October 2008
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