"Diagnosis, Differential" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Determination of which one of two or more diseases or conditions a patient is suffering from by systematically comparing and contrasting results of diagnostic measures.
Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Diagnosis, Differential".
Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Diagnosis, Differential".
This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Diagnosis, Differential" by people in Harvard Catalyst Profiles by year, and whether "Diagnosis, Differential" was a major or minor topic of these publication.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1994 | 0 | 88 | 88 |
| 1995 | 2 | 109 | 111 |
| 1996 | 0 | 125 | 125 |
| 1997 | 0 | 148 | 148 |
| 1998 | 0 | 142 | 142 |
| 1999 | 0 | 167 | 167 |
| 2000 | 1 | 209 | 210 |
| 2001 | 0 | 146 | 146 |
| 2002 | 0 | 193 | 193 |
| 2003 | 4 | 201 | 205 |
| 2004 | 0 | 215 | 215 |
| 2005 | 0 | 273 | 273 |
| 2006 | 1 | 242 | 243 |
| 2007 | 2 | 308 | 310 |
| 2008 | 2 | 301 | 303 |
| 2009 | 1 | 292 | 293 |
| 2010 | 1 | 311 | 312 |
| 2011 | 3 | 308 | 311 |
| 2012 | 2 | 327 | 329 |
| 2013 | 2 | 307 | 309 |
| 2014 | 8 | 345 | 353 |
| 2015 | 2 | 302 | 304 |
| 2016 | 3 | 335 | 338 |
| 2017 | 5 | 324 | 329 |
| 2018 | 0 | 313 | 313 |
| 2019 | 2 | 343 | 345 |
| 2020 | 2 | 264 | 266 |
| 2021 | 1 | 197 | 198 |
| 2022 | 0 | 74 | 74 |
| 2023 | 0 | 48 | 48 |
| 2024 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
Below are the most recent publications written about "Diagnosis, Differential" by people in Profiles.
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External Validation of the 2023 Duke-International Society for Cardiovascular Infectious Diseases Diagnostic Criteria for Infective Endocarditis. Clin Infect Dis. 2024 Apr 10; 78(4):922-929.
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Hypoactive Delirium: Differential Diagnosis, Evaluation, and Treatment. Prim Care Companion CNS Disord. 2024 Feb 08; 26(1).
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Infectious Myelopathies. Continuum (Minneap Minn). 2024 02 01; 30(1):133-159.
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Assessing the potential of GPT-4 to perpetuate racial and gender biases in health care: a model evaluation study. Lancet Digit Health. 2024 Jan; 6(1):e12-e22.
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Case 40-2023: A 70-Year-Old Woman with Cough and Shortness of Breath. N Engl J Med. 2023 Dec 28; 389(26):2468-2476.
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A 14-Year-Old Girl with Shortness of Breath and Chest Pain. NEJM Evid. 2024 Jan; 3(1):EVIDmr2300293.
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A study of collagen refractility in dermatofibroma and dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans using diffractive microscopy. J Cutan Pathol. 2024 Apr; 51(4):306-310.
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Pediatric Ribs at Chest Radiography: Normal Variants and Abnormalities. Radiographics. 2023 12; 43(12):e230076.
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Arginine or Hypertonic Saline-Stimulated Copeptin to Diagnose AVP Deficiency. N Engl J Med. 2023 Nov 16; 389(20):1877-1887.
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Unusual polypoid endometriosis mimicking multiple solid ovarian masses following ovarian drilling. Ultrasound Obstet Gynecol. 2023 11; 62(5):750-752.