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SPEAKER: Another type of study is--and it's not really a study, but it's called a case report.And this is an article that describes and interpretsan individual case, so one-off or maybejust a very small number of cases.And it's often written in the form of a detailed story.Case reports often describe unique cases that cannot beexplained by known diseases or syndromes or cases that show
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SPEAKER [continued]: an important variation of a disease or condition.This case report was published by physiciansin New York City who had unexpectedlyseen eight male patients with Kaposi's sarcoma,and this was in 1981.And prior to this, Kaposi's sarcomawas a very rare type of cancer in the US
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SPEAKER [continued]: and occurred, primarily, in the lowerextremities of older patients.These patients were decades youngerand had Kaposi's sarcoma all over their bodiesand a much lower rate of survival.And this was before the discovery of HIV or AIDSor before it was common, and this was in 1981.And this case report in Lancet, published in 1981,
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SPEAKER [continued]: was one of the first published items about AIDS patients.
Video Info
Series Name: How to Read and Interpret a Scientific Paper
Episode: 9
Publisher: SciMedly, LLC
Publication Year: 2021
Video Type:Documentary
Methods: Methodology, Case study research, Research report, Research synthesis, Research design, Data collection, Data curation and publishing, Data quality and data management
Keywords: case reports and case series; clinical trials; medical research; research methods; research reports; Scientific research ... Show More
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Abstract
Case reports in the method section of a scientific paper are discussed, including examples and characteristics.