Discrepancies Between Clinical and Autopsy Diagnoses
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Open Access
- 1 January 2008
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in American Journal of Clinical Pathology
- Vol. 129 (1) , 102-109
Abstract
Although it is known that autopsies often disclose unexpected findings, few studies have been published that address the effect of institutional settKeywords
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