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For 25 years, medical literature published invented clinical cases
- WalterGR 7mo agoPreviously: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47248511 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47248511 Medical journal says the case reports it has published for 25 years are fiction (retractionwatch.com) 179 points | 5 days ago | 69 comments
- abmmgb 7mo agoCase reports are the lowest levelnof evidence for a reason. Troublenis when sustematic reviews of a certain conditin is based on historical case reports and noise turns into pseudo-signal There have been some great cases reports, Broca’s area, but you must scrutinise everything youn read.