AHRQ Patient Safety Network: Once easily recognized, signs of measles now elude young doctors.

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Once easily recognized, signs of measles now elude young doctors.

Brown E, Lin RG II R, Xia R. Los Angeles Times. January 26, 2015.

In light of the recent outbreak of measles in California, this newspaper article reports on how lack of familiarity with measles among clinicians can contribute to diagnostic errors and spread of the disease.

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