Evolving dimensions in medical case reporting

Medical case reports (MCRs) have been undervalued in the literature to date. It seems that while case series emphasize what is probable, case reports describe what is possible and what can go wrong. MCRs transfer medical knowledge and act as educational tools. We outline evolving aspects of the MCR...

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Autores principales: Protopapas, Aristotle D, Athanasiou, Thanos
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2011
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Editorial
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3094294/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21524284
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1752-1947-5-164
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description Medical case reports (MCRs) have been undervalued in the literature to date. It seems that while case series emphasize what is probable, case reports describe what is possible and what can go wrong. MCRs transfer medical knowledge and act as educational tools. We outline evolving aspects of the MCR in current practice.
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spelling pubmed-30942942011-05-14 Evolving dimensions in medical case reporting Protopapas, Aristotle D Athanasiou, Thanos J Med Case Rep Editorial Medical case reports (MCRs) have been undervalued in the literature to date. It seems that while case series emphasize what is probable, case reports describe what is possible and what can go wrong. MCRs transfer medical knowledge and act as educational tools. We outline evolving aspects of the MCR in current practice. BioMed Central 2011-04-27 /pmc/articles/PMC3094294/ /pubmed/21524284 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1752-1947-5-164 Text en Copyright ©2011 Protopapas and Athanasiou; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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