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pertinent positive

An element of a patient's history that aids diagnosis because the patient affirms that it is present.

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The calm, precise method of dissecting a case, detailing pertinent positive and negative findings, and feeling the aura that (to them) seems to exude from a study.

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This is a healthy postmenopausal woman who is not taking HRT and has no pertinent positive medical history, aside from urogenital atrophy and osteopenia.

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YourOwnHealth enables consumers to select and complete detailed questionnaires that relate to specific medical complaints and receive a detailed report which contains diagnostic possibilities and the pertinent positive and negative responses that support each diagnostic consideration.