What constitutes clinical evidence? A dynamic approach to clinical diagnosis;Qu'est-ce qu'une preuve scientifique clinique? Une approche dynamique du diagnostic clinique

Canadian Family Physician

Volumn 51, Issue NOV., 2005, Pages 1578-1583

  Soltani, Akbar ^a   Moayyeri, Alireza ^a  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACKACHE; CANCER RECURRENCE; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREVALENCE; PROBABILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNCERTAINTY;

DIAGNOSIS; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 28444446375     PISSN: 0008350X     EISSN: 0008350X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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