Iatrogenic harm caused by diagnostic errors in fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva.

Joseph A. Kitterman; Sharon Kantanie; David M. Rocke; Frederick S. Kaplan

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Iatrogenic harm caused by diagnostic errors in fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva.

November 23, 2005

Kitterman JA, Kantanie S, Rocke DM, et al. Pediatrics. 2005;116(5):e654-61.

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The authors studied diagnostic errors for a rare genetic disease and found that misdiagnoses and unnecessary medical procedures resulted from failures in information transfer.

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