Missed diagnosis in hematological patients-an autopsy study

Virchows Archiv

Volumn 446, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 225-231

  Xavier, Ana Carolina Galtarossa ^a   Coelho Siqueira, Sheila Aparecida ^b   Megale Costa, Luciano José ^a   Mauad, Thais ^b   Nascimento Saldiva, Paulo Hilário ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Anemia; Aplastic; Autopsy; Hematological neoplasms; Medical errors

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; APLASTIC ANEMIA; AUTOPSY; CHILD; CLASSIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HEMATOLOGIC MALIGNANCY; HEMATOLOGY; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MICROSCOPY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TISSUE SECTION;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANEMIA, APLASTIC; AUTOPSY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; FEMALE; HEMATOLOGIC NEOPLASMS; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; HOSPITAL UNITS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS;

EID: 17644424984     PISSN: 09456317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00428-004-1186-y     Document Type: Review

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