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"DXplain is a clinical diagnostic..." DXplain is a clinical diagnostic decision-support system which contains crude probabilities of over 4800 clinical manifestations associated with over 2200 different diseases. DXplain can provide a variety of clinical support functions. One of the most commonly used functions is Case Analysis. In this mode, the program produces a ranked list of diagnoses which might explain the clinical findings entered by the user. Other commonly used functions of DXplain are Disease and Finding information. After the user types in a disease or finding name, the program will list those findings which occur in the disease, or those diseases in which the clinical finding is seen. DXplain is able to display disease and finding information in ranked order with the most common occurring first. This ordering is an important and educational way in which to view the clinical data, and is usually unavailable in textbooks or other traditional knowledge resources.

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"Findings are entered in the..." Findings are entered in the add findings box using standard medical terminology. Clicking on the ‘Submit’ button presents the next screen which shows DXplain’s matches to the entered findings. More findings can be added later. Note that “Weight loss” is spelled incorrectly.

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