A framework for evaluating diagnostic discordance in pathology discovered during research studies

Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 138, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 955-961

  Feng, Sherry ^a   Weaver, Donald L ^c   Carney, Patricia A ^e   Reisch, Lisa M ^a   Geller, Berta M ^d   Goodwin, Andrew ^d   Rendi, Mara H ^b   Onega, Tracy ^g   Allison, Kim H ⁱ   Tosteson, Anna N A ^h   Nelson, Heidi D ^f   Longton, Gary ^j   Pepe, Margaret ^j   Elmore, Joann G ^b  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^e Public Health and Preventive Medicine   (United States)

^f OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g DARTMOUTH COLLEGE   (United States)

^h DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

ⁱ STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^j Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST TUMOR; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; EXPERT WITNESS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRADUCTAL CARCINOMA; MIDDLE AGED; PAGET NIPPLE DISEASE; PATHOLOGY; REGISTER; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA, DUCTAL, BREAST; CARCINOMA, INTRADUCTAL, NONINFILTRATING; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; EXPERT TESTIMONY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEW HAMPSHIRE; PATHOLOGY, CLINICAL; REGISTRIES; VERMONT;

EID: 84903999164     PISSN: 00039985     EISSN: 15432165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5858/arpa.2013-0263-OA     Document Type: Article

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