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differential diagnosis


When a patient presents with complaints or symptoms, the clinician considers all the possible disorders from which they might result. This list of possible illnesses is the differential diagnosis. The clinician must then begin a methodical process of ruling out the incorrect diagnoses by collecting more data.

Also: working diagnosis



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