Skin-deep diagnosis: Affective bias and zebra retreat complicating the diagnosis of systemic sclerosis

American Journal of the Medical Sciences

Volumn 345, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 53-56

  Miller, Chad S ^a  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Affective bias; Heuristics; Scleroderma; Systemic sclerosis; Zebra retreat

Indexed keywords

ANTINUCLEAR ANTIBODY; CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; LOPERAMIDE; SCL 70 ANTIBODY;

ADULT; AFFECTIVE BIAS; ANAMNESIS; BRONCHIECTASIS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DYSPNEA; EMOTION; ENVIRONMENTAL DISEASE; ENVIRONMENTAL LUNG DISEASE; FOLLOW UP; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERSTITIAL LUNG DISEASE; IRRITABLE COLON; LUNG DISEASE; MALE; MOTHER; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; RAYNAUD PHENOMENON; SKIN MANIFESTATION; SYSTEMIC SCLEROSIS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; VIBRATION; WEIGHT REDUCTION; ZEBRA RETREAT;

EID: 84871992652     PISSN: 00029629     EISSN: 15382990     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MAJ.0b013e3182684aab     Document Type: Conference Paper

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