Case series: an essential study design to build knowledge and pose hypotheses for rare and new diseases

Torres-Duque1,2,3a, Carlos Arturo; Patino1,4a, Cecilia Maria; Ferreira1,5a, Juliana Carvalho

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Case series: an essential study design to build knowledge and pose hypotheses for rare and new diseases

Série de casos: delineamento de estudo essencial para a construção de conhecimento e a proposição de hipóteses para doenças raras e novas

Carlos Arturo Torres-Duque1,2,3a, Cecilia Maria Patino1,4a, Juliana Carvalho Ferreira1,5a

1. Methods in Epidemiologic, Clinical, and Operations Research-MECOR-program, American Thoracic Society/Asociación Latinoamericana del Tórax, Montevideo, Uruguay.
2. CINEUMO Research Center, Fundación Neumológica Colombiana, Bogota, Colombia.
3. Universidad de la Sabana, Bogota, Colombia.
4. Department of Preventive Medicine, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
5. Divisão de Pneumologia, Instituto do Coração, Hospital das Clínicas, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo (SP) Brasil.