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The Chief Complaint focuses on complaints that patients make that cannot be more specifically sorted as a diagnosis or physical exam finding. Examples of items included in this brief chapter are pruritus, hyperhidrosis, and flushing.
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(2008). The Chief Complaint. In: Differential Diagnosis for the Dermatologist. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-75887-7_1
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