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Laboratory test result interpretation for primary care doctors in South Africa

BACKGROUND: Challenges and uncertainties with test result interpretation can lead to diagnostic errors. Primary care doctors are at a higher risk than specialists of making these errors, due to the range in complexity and severity of conditions that they encounter. OBJECTIVES: This study aimed to in...

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Autores principales:	Vanker, Naadira, Faull, Norman H. B.
Formato:	Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	AOSIS 2017
Materias:	Original Research
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5523924/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28879147 http://dx.doi.org/10.4102/ajlm.v6i1.453

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