The impact of clinical history on mammographic interpretations

JAMA

Volumn 277, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 49-52

  Elmore, Joann G ^a,e   Wells, Carolyn K ^b   Howard, Debra H ^d   Feinstein, Alvan R ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAMMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGIST; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

EID: 0031024079     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.277.1.49     Document Type: Article

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