Why medical case reports?

Global Advances In Health and Medicine

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 8-9

  Kienle, Gunver S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WITTEN HERDECKE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Case reports; Cases; Clinical; Guidelines; Medical; Medicine; N of 1; Quality; Treatment; Trials

Indexed keywords

PROPRANOLOL; THALIDOMIDE;

CASE STUDY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; EDITORIAL; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEMANGIOMA; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOTHERAPY; PUBLICATION; QUALITY CONTROL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84879988591     PISSN: 2164957X     EISSN: 21649561     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7453/gahmj.2012.1.1.002     Document Type: Editorial

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