They work through the list to rule in and rule out which diagnosis is the best fit. This process is called "differential diagnosis." They may order additional tests or imaging to pinpoint the best ...

Nat Clin Pract Neurol. 2006;2(9):482-493.

FOUR cases of hepatitis without jaundice and without hepatomegaly constitute the material of this report. Hepatitis without jaundice has been variously described as a "mild disease" 1 and "mild ...

Relatively frequent in developing countries and mostly in infants, thiamine deficiency should not be forgotten as a potential etiology in the differential diagnosis when patient dietary ... systolic ...

Here we review evidence of potential unique parasite factors, host factors, and their gene-environmental interactions in terms of explaining differential morbidity profiles in the human host. We then ...

The original Rai system classification was divided into 5 stages from 0 to IV. The updated system now divides the disease into 3 stages 3: ...

The increase in jaundice and hepatomegaly subsided in about 10 days. He had been persistently jaundiced since then. He had not experienced abdominal pain since 1947, but had noted that when he ...

lymph nodes >2 cm in size – organomegaly (hepatomegaly and/or splenomegaly) and systemic symptoms. All these features indicate that AtLP are more likely to be associated with malignant ...