The clinico-pathological conference, based upon Giovanni Battista Morgagni’s legacy, remains of fundamental importance even in the era of the vanishing autopsy

Virchows Archiv

Volumn 467, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 249-254

  Zampieri, Fabio ^a   Rizzo, Stefania ^a   Thiene, Gaetano ^a   Basso, Cristina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADUA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Anatomo clinical correlations; Autopsy; Clinico pathological conferences; Giovanni Battista Morgagni; Pathological anatomy

Indexed keywords

AUTOPSY; BIOPSY; CASE STUDY; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CLINICOPATHOLOGICAL CONFERENCE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC REASONING; FATALITY; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MEDICAL HISTORY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; PATIENT INFORMATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; ART; HISTORY; ORGANIZATION; PATHOLOGY;

AUTOPSY; CONGRESSES AS TOPIC; HISTORY, 17TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 18TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; PATHOLOGY, CLINICAL;

EID: 84940595949     PISSN: 09456317     EISSN: 14322307     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00428-015-1785-9     Document Type: Review

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