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Are medical breakthroughs declining – The importance of case reports?

Case reports are a valuable though oft-underestimated source of clinical knowledge, even wisdom. They are extremely valuable to clinicians faced with new diseases, new investigations, and new therapies, where they provide the initial information, which serves as a basis to plan a detailed comparativ...

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Autor principal: Mishra, Sundeep
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4799008/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26995410
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ihj.2016.01.005
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spelling pubmed-47990082016-12-01 Are medical breakthroughs declining – The importance of case reports? Mishra, Sundeep Indian Heart J Editorial Case reports are a valuable though oft-underestimated source of clinical knowledge, even wisdom. They are extremely valuable to clinicians faced with new diseases, new investigations, and new therapies, where they provide the initial information, which serves as a basis to plan a detailed comparative study to provide definitive answers. The publication of cases and images-related reports is undoubtedly a gain for all, including medical students, medical teachers, the scientific community, medical professionals, healthcare managers, and patients. Elsevier 2015-12 2016-03-17 /pmc/articles/PMC4799008/ /pubmed/26995410 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ihj.2016.01.005 Text en © 2016 Published by Elsevier B.V. on behalf of Cardiological Society of India. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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