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List of questionable diagnostic tests

This is a list of medical diagnostic tests that are considered questionable, unverified or refuted.

Applied kinesiology, including the Bi-Digital O Ring Test Barnes Basal Temperature Test Breast thermography Electro Physiological Feedback Xrroid (EPFX) Electrodermal diagnostic devices (e.g. Vega machines, E-meters) Genetic tests for "reward deficiency syndrome" Hair analysis IgG antibody testing for food intolerances and food allergies Live blood analysis Myers–Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) Pendulum dowsing Proove Opioid Risk test (POR) Provoked urine testing for heavy metal toxicity Radionics SPECT scans for diagnosing psychological disorders Unvalidated Lyme disease testing, often used to diagnose so-called chronic Lyme disease Unvalidated mycotoxin tests

See also List of topics characterized as pseudoscience Quackery List of diagnoses characterized as pseudoscience

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