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International Journal of Gynecology & Clinical Practices Volume 3 (2016), Article ID 3:IJGCP-114, 4 pages
http://dx.doi.org/10.15344/2394-4986/2016/114
Review Article
Protean Symptoms and Reductive Diagnosis

Shu-Mei Wu1, Hui-Ling Lee1, Hui-Chu Chiang2*

1Department of Nursing, Chang Gung University of Science and Technology, Taiwan
2Graduate Institute of Integration of Traditional Chinese Medicine with Western Nursing, National Taipei University of Nursing and Health Sciences, Taiwan
Dr. Hui-Chu Chiang, Assistant Professor, Graduate Institute of Integration of Traditional Chinese Medicine with Western Nursing, National Taipei University of Nursing and Health Sciences, Taiwan; E-mail: huichu@ntunhs.edu.tw
19 January 2016; 07 March 2016; 09 March 2016
Wu SM, Lee HL, Chiang HC (2016) Protean Symptoms and Reductive Diagnosis. Int J Gynecol Clin Pract 3: 114. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.15344/2394-4986/2016/114
© 2016 Wu et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.

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