Technical note
19 September 2014
Vol. 8 No. 3 (2014)
https://doi.org/10.4081/itjm.2014.535

How to write a case report? Guidelines for Internists

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Paola Gnerre
pgnerre@yahoo.it
Internal Medicine, San Paolo Hospital, Savona, Italy.
Micaela La Regina
Internal Medicine, POU del Levante Ligure, ASL 5, La Spezia, Italy.
Giorgio Ballardini
Internal Medicine Unit II, Infermi Hospital, Rimini, Italy.
Giuseppe Chesi
Department of Internal Medicine, Sud Area AUSL Reggio Emilia, Italy.
Paola Granata
PAGEPress Scientific Publications, Pavia, Italy.
Giovanni Scanelli
Internal Medicine Unit, AOU Ferrara, Arcispedale Sant'Anna, Ferrara, Italy.
Sirio Fiorino
Internal Medicine, Azienda USL di Bologna, Budrio (BO), Italy.
Francesco Dentali
Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Insubria University, Varese, Italy.
Roberto Nardi
Internal Medicine, Bologna, Italy.
A case report is a detailed narrative of symptoms, signs, diagnosis, treatments and follow-up of one or several patients. Although, in evidence-based medicine, randomized clinical trials provide most of the scientific evidence, whereas case reports play in general a minor role, they represent an important part of medical practice.

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How to write a case report? Guidelines for Internists. (2014). Italian Journal of Medicine, 8(3), 200-203. https://doi.org/10.4081/itjm.2014.535

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