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01-01-2014 | Clinical Practice: Exercises in Clinical Reasoning

Back Attack

Authors: Andres Anaya, BS, Lee Plantmason, MD, Gurpreet Dhaliwal, MD

Published in: Journal of General Internal Medicine | Issue 1/2014

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I n this series, a clinician extemporaneously discusses the diagnostic approach (regular text) to sequentially presented clinical information (bold). Additional commentary on the diagnostic reasoning process (italics) is integrated throughout the discussion. …

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Title: Back Attack
Authors: Andres Anaya, BS
Lee Plantmason, MD
Gurpreet Dhaliwal, MD
Publication date: 01-01-2014
Publisher: Springer US
Published in: Journal of General Internal Medicine / Issue 1/2014
Print ISSN: 0884-8734
Electronic ISSN: 1525-1497
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11606-013-2487-0

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