title: On the standard error of the probability of a particular diagnosis.
abstract: Approximate standard errors of the probability of a particular diagnosis are given for the predictive and estimative methods described by Aitchison and Dunsmore. An example used in the detection of carriers of Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is given for illustration.
mesh_terms: D003933:Diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D009136:Muscular Dystrophies / Q000175:diagnosis*; D011336:Probability