Plurality Over Parsimony: When Two Diagnoses Are More Likely Than One

Overview

Journal J Gen Intern Med

Publisher Springer

Specialty General Medicine

Date 2024 Feb 27

PMID 38409513

Authors

Jasraj S Raghuwanshi

Nathan Roberts

Thomas P Loughran Jr

Firas El Chaer

Mark Girton

Glenn Moulder

Affiliations

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