Bayes' theorem and the physical examination: Probability assessment and diagnostic decision making

Academic Medicine

Volumn 86, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 618-627

  Herrle, Scott R ^a   Corbett Jr , Eugene C ^b   Fagan, Mark J ^c   Moore, Charity G ^a   Elnicki, D Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^c BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 79959956907     PISSN: 10402446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ACM.0b013e318212eb00     Document Type: Article

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