In defense of case reports and case series

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 134, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 330-334

  Vandenbroucke, J P ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CASE STUDY; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECOGNITION; REVIEW; TEACHING;

EID: 0035916288     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-134-4-200102200-00017     Document Type: Review

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