Errors in Diagnosis
Further information: Medical errorCauses and factors of error in diagnosis are:
- the manifestation of disease are not sufficiently noticeable
- a disease is omitted from consideration
- too much significance is given to some aspect of the diagnosis
- the condition is a rare disease with symptoms suggestive of many other conditions
- the condition has a rare presentation
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