Misdiagnosis and undiagnosis due to pattern similarity in Chinese medicine: A stochastic simulation study using pattern differentiation algorithm

Chinese Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Sá Ferreira, Arthur ^a,b  

^a Centro Universitario Augusto Motta   (Brazil)

^b SALGADO DE OLIVEIRA UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; AUSCULTATION; CHINESE MEDICINE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; EXAMINATION; HUMAN; PALPATION; SIMULATION; SMELLING; STOCHASTIC MODEL;

EID: 79851511144     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17498546     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1749-8546-6-1     Document Type: Article

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