Jumping to the wrong conclusion

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 339, Issue 19, 1998, Pages 1382-1387

  Elad, Yaron ^a   Nelson, Peter J ^a   Meier, Diane E ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYANOCOBALAMIN; ETHAMBUTOL; ISONIAZID; LEVOFLOXACIN; PYRIDOXINE; RIFAMPICIN;

AGED; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISORIENTATION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; KIDNEY BIOPSY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NECK TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBLEM SOLVING; REVIEW; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TUBERCULOSIS; ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; BIOPSY; BONE MARROW; CONFUSION; DEMENTIA; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; KIDNEY POLYCYSTIC DISEASE; LYMPHOMA; MEDIASTINUM DISEASE; MEDIASTINUM TUMOR; MILIARY TUBERCULOSIS; PATHOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANOREXIA; BIOPSY; BONE MARROW; CONFUSION; DEMENTIA; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY DISEASES, CYSTIC; LYMPHOMA; MEDIASTINAL DISEASES; MEDIASTINAL NEOPLASMS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TUBERCULOSIS, MILIARY; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 0032487838     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM199811053391908     Document Type: Review

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