A GP's differential diagnosis consists of two lists:
1. The most likely diagnoses - based on probability
2. The important diagnoses - less likely but based on seriousness or treatability
There are also "novelty" diagnoses which should be rarely included in the differential diagnosis.
ref: AS Elstein et al quoted by Robin C Fraser in Clinical Method: a general practice approach 2e 1992 Butterworth Heinemann
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