Recognizing the Potential for Overdiagnosis: Are High-Sensitivity Cardiac Troponin Assays an Example?
Katy J L Bell1, Jenny Doust2, Paul Glasziou2
1The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia (K.J.B., L.S.).
Annals of Internal Medicine
|February 5, 2019
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