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[When should a disease be diagnosed early and whose disease?]

F López-Jiménez1, M A Luna-Jiménez

  • 1Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.

Revista De Investigacion Clinica; Organo Del Hospital De Enfermedades De La Nutricion
|January 1, 1997
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Screening programs and early diagnostic tests may not always be beneficial, potentially causing more harm than good. Their use is only justified if they improve patient survival or reduce illness.

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