Reassurance after diagnostic testing with a low pretest probability of serious disease: systematic review and meta-analysis.

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• Publication year

  2013

• Venue

  JAMA Internal Medicine

• Publication date

  2013-03-25

• Fields of study

  Medicine

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  DOI 10.1001/jamainternmed.2013.2762PMID 23440131
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