Hematology and Genetic Blood Disorders

Case reports and Epidemiology

A case report is usually considered a kind of circumstantial proof. Given their intrinsic method limitations, including the absence of statistical sampling, case reports are placed at the foot of the hierarchy of clinical proof, beside case series. However, Hematology case reports do have unaffectedly helpful roles in medical research and evidence-based drugs. Specifically, they need abridged recognition of recent diseases and adverse effects of treatments. For instance, recognition of the link between administration of teratogen to mothers and malformations in their babies was suggested by the report of a specific case. Case reports have a task in pharmacovigilance. They will additionally facilitate understand the clinical spectrum of rare diseases or moreover as uncommon presentations of common diseases. They can facilitate and generate study of hypotheses, as well as conceivable mechanisms of disease. Case reports might also have given a task to play in guiding the personalization of treatments in clinical follow.