Autopsy diagnoses of malignant neoplasms: How often are clinical diagnoses incorrect?

JAMA

Volumn 280, Issue 14, 1998, Pages 1245-1248

  Burton, Elizabeth C ^a   Troxclair, Dana A ^a   Newman III, William P ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIV MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CHILD; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0032517265     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.280.14.1245     Document Type: Article

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