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Levels of refinement in diagnosis

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A diagnosis is made at one of a number of levels according to the depth of information available:

Diagnosis level: Example:

1. Symptoms and complaints headache

2. Nosology/syndrome shoulder syndrome

3. Pathophysiology hypertension

4. Pathology myocardial infarction

5. Aetiology measles virus

ref: Journal of Informatics in Primary Care, 1994

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