A Patient Has Symptoms That Are Characteristic of Multiple Sclerosis

question 13

Multiple Choice

A patient has symptoms that are characteristic of multiple sclerosis (MS) . Which diagnostic tests are likely to be ordered to aid in the diagnosis of this patient?

• A) Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) analysis and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)
• B) CSF proteins and an angiography
• C) Serum albumin and a computed tomography (CT) scan
• D) Serum anti-acetylcholine antibodies and x-rays

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Definitions:

Standard Deviation

A statistic that denotes the dispersion or variability of a dataset relative to its mean, indicating how spread out the data points are.

Margin of Error

A statistic expressing the amount of random sampling error in a survey's results, indicating how much you can expect the survey results to reflect the views of the overall population.

Probability

The measure of the likelihood that a particular event will occur, expressed as a number between 0 and 1.

Standard Error

Indicates the standard deviation of the sampling distribution of a statistic, most commonly the mean.