Original research in pathology: Judgment, or evidence-based medicine?

Laboratory Investigation

Volumn 87, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 104-114

  Crawford, James M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical scholarship; Gold standard; Surgical pathology

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL ERROR; CANCER SCREENING; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE COURSE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; EXPERIENCE; GOLD STANDARD; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE BASE; LABORATORY TEST; LEARNING ALGORITHM; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; PATHOLOGY; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRODUCTIVITY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

DIAGNOSIS; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; PATHOLOGY; PERIODICALS AS TOPIC; RESEARCH; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 33847199793     PISSN: 00236837     EISSN: 15300307     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/labinvest.3700511     Document Type: Review

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