Value of autopsy in Internal Medicine: discrepancies between clinical and postmortem diagnosis

<p>Introduction <br /> The number of autoptic controls is progressively dropping worldwide during the last decades. Several social, cultural and normative causes may underlie this phenomenon. However, a hidden cause may be represented by the scepticism of physicians about the gain in inf...

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Main Authors: Fabrizio Tiratterra, Valeria Pignatelli, Alberto Placido, Agostino Valenti, Umberto Recine
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: PAGEPress Publications 2012-12-01
Series:Italian Journal of Medicine
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Online Access:http://www.italjmed.org/index.php/ijm/article/view/36