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The patient, through his or her appearance, behaviour and background, supplies diagnostic clues to the physician who interprets them according to his or her own experience and training. The doctor then forms a hypothesis which may be accepted or rejected as the result of further investigation. At some stage, a diagnostic label may be applied and appropriate management instituted. The response to treatment may itself alter the original hypothesis.
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© 1983 I.R. Hart and R.W. Newton
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Hart, I.R., Newton, R.W. (1983). The Presentation of Endocrine Disease and the Diagnostic Possibilities. In: Hart, I.R., Newton, R.W. (eds) Endocrinology. The New Medicine, vol 2. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-010-9298-2_3
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