To a less-frequent degree than with 'cases' the meaning of 'gold-standard' seems to have changed as well, or be starting to. As I understand it, a proper gold-s

To a less-frequent degree than with 'cases' the meaning of 'gold-standard' seems to have changed as well, or be starting to. As I understand it, a proper gold-standard test is proven to have essentially 100% correlation to verified clinical symptoms or findings.