European Journal of Internal Medicine
Volume 20, Issue 8 , Pages 784-787 , December 2009

Diagnostic performance in a primary referral hospital assessed by autopsy: Evolution over a ten-year period

  • Robert Thurnheer

      Affiliations

    • Medizinische Klinik, Kantonsspital Münsterlingen, 8596 Münsterlingen, Switzerland
    • ,
  • Claus Hoess

      Affiliations

    • Medizinische Klinik, Kantonsspital Münsterlingen, 8596 Münsterlingen, Switzerland
    • ,
  • Christian Doenecke

      Affiliations

    • Departement für Innere Medizin, Kantonsspital St. Gallen, 9000 St. Gallen, Switzerland
    • ,
  • Carlo Moll

      Affiliations

    • Institut für Pathologie, Kantonsspital Münsterlingen, 8596 Münsterlingen, Switzerland
    • ,
  • Jörg Muntwyler

      Affiliations

    • Facharzt Kardiologie u. Innere Medizin FMH, Holbergstrasse 4, 8302 Kloten, Switzerland
    • ,
  • Martin Krause

      Affiliations

    • Medizinische Klinik, Kantonsspital Münsterlingen, 8596 Münsterlingen, Switzerland
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +41 71 686 2172; fax: +41 71 686 2619.

Received 20 June 2009 ,Revised 17 August 2009 ,Accepted 19 August 2009.

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PII: S0953-6205(09)00164-2

doi: 10.1016/j.ejim.2009.08.005

European Journal of Internal Medicine
Volume 20, Issue 8 , Pages 784-787 , December 2009

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