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Journal of General Internal Medicine
Published in: Journal of General Internal Medicine 7/2014

01-07-2014 | Clinical Practice: Exercises in Clinical Reasoning

A 22-Year-Old Woman with Abdominal Pain

Authors: Benjamin Jones, MD, Walter A. Brzezinski, MD, Carlos A. Estrada, MD, MS, Martin Rodriguez, MD, Ryan R. Kraemer, MD

Published in: Journal of General Internal Medicine | Issue 7/2014

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In 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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Metadata
Title
A 22-Year-Old Woman with Abdominal Pain
Authors
Benjamin Jones, MD
Walter A. Brzezinski, MD
Carlos A. Estrada, MD, MS
Martin Rodriguez, MD
Ryan R. Kraemer, MD
Publication date
01-07-2014
Publisher
Springer US
Published in
Journal of General Internal Medicine / Issue 7/2014
Print ISSN: 0884-8734
Electronic ISSN: 1525-1497
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11606-013-2747-z

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