Accuracy of clinical assessment of heart murmurs by office based (general practice) paediatricians

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 81, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 409-412

  Haney, Isabel ^a   Ipp, Moshe ^a   Feldman, William ^a   McCrindle, Brian W ^b  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Clinical assessment; Diagnostic accuracy; Heart murmurs

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPETENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HEART MURMUR; HUMAN; MALE; PEDIATRICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0032732554     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.81.5.409     Document Type: Article

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