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In [[medicine]], '''case reports''' are a type of article in a [[scientific journal]] that are "clinical presentations that may be followed by evaluative studies that  eventually lead to a diagnosis."<ref>{{MeSH}}</ref>Publication of case reports allow "discovery of new diseases                     and unexpected effects (adverse or beneficial) as  well as the study of mechanisms."<ref name="pmid11182844">{{cite journal| author=Vandenbroucke JP| title=In defense of case reports and case series. | journal=Ann Intern Med | year= 2001 | volume= 134 | issue= 4 | pages= 330-4 | pmid=11182844  
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In [[medicine]], '''case reports''' are a type of article in a [[scientific journal]] that are "clinical presentations that may be followed by evaluative studies that  eventually lead to a diagnosis."<ref>{{MeSH}}</ref>Publication of case reports allow "discovery of new diseases and unexpected effects (adverse or beneficial) as  well as the study of mechanisms."<ref name="pmid11182844">{{cite journal| author=Vandenbroucke JP| title=In defense of case reports and case series. | journal=Ann Intern Med | year= 2001 | volume= 134 | issue= 4 | pages= 330-4 | pmid=11182844  
| url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=clinical.uthscsa.edu/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=11182844 }} </ref> The importance of case reports has been debated.<ref name="pmid18350575">{{cite journal| author=Sethi NK, Sethi PK| title=Evidence-based medicine vs medicine-based evidence. | journal=Ann Neurol | year= 2008 | volume= 64 | issue= 5 | pages= 592 | pmid=18350575
| url=http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/117935704/abstract | doi=10.1002/ana.21354 }} </ref><ref>Anonymous (2007) [http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/116322287/abstract The Value of a Case Report]. Ann Neurology {{doi|10.1002/ana.21278}}</ref>


Standards for reporting cases exist.<ref name="pmid11072960">{{cite journal| author=Edwards IR, Aronson JK| title=Adverse drug reactions: definitions, diagnosis, and management. | journal=Lancet | year= 2000 | volume= 356 | issue= 9237 | pages= 1255-9 | pmid=11072960  
Suggestions for reporting cases exist.<ref name="pmid11072960">{{cite journal| author=Edwards IR, Aronson JK| title=Adverse drug reactions: definitions, diagnosis, and management. | journal=Lancet | year= 2000 | volume= 356 | issue= 9237 | pages= 1255-9 | pmid=11072960  
| url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=clinical.uthscsa.edu/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=11072960 | doi=10.1016/S0140-6736(00)02799-9 }} </ref>
| url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=clinical.uthscsa.edu/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=11072960 | doi=10.1016/S0140-6736(00)02799-9 }} </ref><ref name="pmid16421149">{{cite journal| author=Loke YK, Price D, Derry S, Aronson JK| title=Case reports of suspected drug-related side effects and adverse reactionss--systematic literature survey of follow-up. | journal=BMJ | year= 2006 | volume= 332 | issue= 7537 | pages= 335-9 | pmid=16421149
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Some scientific journals, such as [http://casereports.bmj.com/ BMJ Case Reports], only publish case reports.
Some scientific journals, such as [http://casereports.bmj.com/ BMJ Case Reports], only publish case reports.

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In medicine, case reports are a type of article in a scientific journal that are "clinical presentations that may be followed by evaluative studies that eventually lead to a diagnosis."[1]Publication of case reports allow "discovery of new diseases and unexpected effects (adverse or beneficial) as well as the study of mechanisms."[2] The importance of case reports has been debated.[3][4]

Suggestions for reporting cases exist.[5][6]

Some scientific journals, such as BMJ Case Reports, only publish case reports.

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