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. 2008 Sep 12;337:a1264. doi: 10.1136/bmj.a1264

Table 2.

Discriminating answer for each parallel pair of cases

Case Age Clinical problem Discriminating answer
1 5 years Fever Not applicable
2 Adult Nosebleed None
3 Adult Nosebleed Noticed several bruises in past few hours
4 Adult Fever None
5 Adult Fever Irregular usage of antimalarial drugs in past two weeks
6 5 years Vomiting None
7 5 years Vomiting Had head injury a few hours ago