The Diagnostic Process

Dental Clinics of North America

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-14

  Gowda, Deepthiman ^a   Lamster, Ira B ^b  

^a NEW YORK PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Columbia University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Bayes theorem; Diagnostic reasoning; Heuristic thinking

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; BAYES THEOREM; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DECISION MAKING; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH DISEASE; REVIEW; STANDARD; TOOTH DISEASE; TOOTH RADIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; BAYES THEOREM; DECISION MAKING; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; DENTIST'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSIS, ORAL; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH DISEASES; RADIOGRAPHY, DENTAL; TOOTH DISEASES;

EID: 78649435173     PISSN: 00118532     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cden.2010.08.002     Document Type: Review

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