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Atypical presentations of disease and clinical validation

Joel Moorhead, MD, PhD, CPC, explains that a patient with an atypical presentation, by definition, may have the disease but might not meet typical criteria for diagnosis; thus, the patient needs to be at the center of clinical validation.

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