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Potential Consequences of Changing Disease Classifications

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JAMA-JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION
Volume 323, Issue 10, Pages 921-922

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AMER MEDICAL ASSOC
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2019.22373

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This Viewpoint discusses the potential harms that can emerge from changing disease classifications, generally to broaden criteria for diagnosing greater numbers of patients, and calls for a balanced and systematic evaluation of the benefits and risks of shifting illness thresholds before formalizing changes.

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