Diagnostic testing and the illusory reassurance of normal results

JAMA Internal Medicine

Volumn 173, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 416-417

  Kroenke, Kurt ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; ENDOSCOPY; NOTE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ANXIETY; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; DISEASE; HUMANS; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURES;

EID: 84875800883     PISSN: 21686106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2013.11     Document Type: Note

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