Further reading on diagnosis

Evidence-based Medicine: How to Practice and Teach EBM

Sackett DL, Straus SE, Richardson WS, Rosenberg W, Haynes RB.

Churchill Livingstone:Edinburgh, 2000.

Users' guides to the medical literature. VI How to use an article about a diagnostic test: A: Are the results of the study valid?

Jaeschke R, Guyatt GH, Sackett DL for the EBM Working Group.

JAMA 1994;271:389-91.

Users' guides to the medical literature. VI How to use an article about a diagnostic test: B: What are the results and will they help me in caring for my patient?

Jaeschke R, Guyatt GH, Sackett DL for the EBM Working Group.

JAMA 1994:271:703-7.