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Table 4 Paired co-occurrences for the evidence concept

From: Evidence in clinical reasoning: a computational linguistics analysis of 789,712 medical case summaries 1983–2012

Concept

Likelihood

recurrent

6%

follow-up

5%

suggest; absence; showed; presence

4%

MRI; CT; biopsy; role; data; disease; marked; demonstrated; process; elevated; clinical; human; revealed; activity; obtained; brain; peripheral; examination; consistent; growth; normal; changes; malignant; infection; systemic; function; cytoplasm; study; response; similar; negative; progressive; test; signs; specific; serum; protein; factors; analysis; chemotherapy; period; bone; pattern; families; significant; plasma; vascular; origin; fluid; single; increased; related; time; primary; cerebral; liver

3%

gene; evaluation; typical; tumor; observed; group; tomography; previously; complete; confirmed; history; identified; reaction; tissue; positive; lesions; resonance; region; disorder; possible; suspected; detected; differential; body; site; nerve; abdominal; known; considered; imaging; muscle; respectively; effective; chronic; potential; renal; patient; control; developed; loss; early; deficiency; features; acute; transplantation; onset; lung; knowledge; mutations; affected; failure; different; blood; cardiac; results; compared; course; heart; injury; resection; medical; improved; complex; type; weeks; pulmonary; mass; symptoms; decreased; risk; carcinoma; presented; isolated; pressure; bilateral; associated; ventricular; therapy; severe; condition; rate; young; skin; age; cancer; distal; important; performed; respiratory; characterized; care; therapeutic; defect; combination; administration; partial; occurred; children; adult; day; oral; diagnosis; described; surgery; cases; syndrome; year-old; secondary; operation; common; report; neck; review; caused; pain; congenital; benign; woman; literature; treatment; man; girl; mg; anterior; posterior; usually

2%

boy; artery; pregnancy; discussed; successfully; procedure; management; hospital; rare; difficult; complications; technique

1%