Clinico-pathological discrepancies in a general university hospital in São Paulo, Brazil

Clinics

Volumn 63, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 581-588

  Kotovicz, Fabiana ^a   Mauad, Thais ^a   Saldiva, Paulo H N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Accuracy; Autopsy; Comparison; Elderly; Female

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BRAZIL; CAUSE OF DEATH; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CHILD; CLASSIFICATION; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; PATHOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUTOPSY; BRAZIL; CAUSE OF DEATH; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 54349094064     PISSN: 18075932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1807-59322008000500003     Document Type: Article

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