A Primer on the Precision and Accuracy of the Clinical Examination

JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association

Volumn 267, Issue 19, 1992, Pages 2638-2644

  Sackett, David L ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; THROMBOCYTE ENZYME;

ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; ASCITES; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; EDEMA; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HUMAN; LIVER FUNCTION; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL RECORD; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ALCOHOLISM; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; HUMAN; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PROBABILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0026734116     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.1992.03480190080037     Document Type: Article

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