| An alternate explanation for the finding is protopathic bias, which can arise in situations where medications are used to treat acute symptoms. |
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| Finally, it is possible that the increased OR for short-term use could reflect protopathic bias. |
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| It was dismissed from further evaluation by the assessor on account of suspected protopathic bias. |
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| I reported the data because they are very dramatic, but the question remains, is it a protopathic effect? |
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| To avoid the possibility of protopathic bias, we excluded antimicrobial drug prescriptions made during the 29 days prior to the index date. |
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| Protopathic bias is a systematic error which occurs when measured exposure status may be affected by the latent onset of the target outcome. |
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