The value of autopsies in the era of high-tech medicine: discrepant findings persist.

Chantal C H J Kuijpers; Judith Fronczek; Frank R W van de Goot; Hans W M Niessen; Paul J. van Diest; Mehdi Jiwa

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The value of autopsies in the era of high-tech medicine: discrepant findings persist.

April 9, 2014

Kuijpers CCHJ, Fronczek J, van de Goot FRW, et al. J Clin Pathol. 2014;67(6):512-9.

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Recent studies have suggested that the use of modern imaging may have decreased the rate of diagnostic errors discovered on autopsy. This retrospective study found that while the frequency of major discrepancies may have been reduced, minor discrepancies significantly increased in 2012 compared with 2007.

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