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    This document compares and contrasts the advantages and disadvantages of case reports, case series, and cross-sectional studies. Case reports can identify rare disease manifestations but cannot assess cause and effect relationships or generalizability. Case series are informative for rare diseases but also cannot assess cause and effect. Cross-sectional studies allow measuring prevalence rates simply and at low cost but are not suitable for assessing temporal relationships or rare diseases.

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    This document compares and contrasts the advantages and disadvantages of case reports, case series, and cross-sectional studies. Case reports can identify rare disease manifestations but cannot assess cause and effect relationships or generalizability. Case series are informative for rare diseases but also cannot assess cause and effect. Cross-sectional studies allow measuring prevalence rates simply and at low cost but are not suitable for assessing temporal relationships or rare diseases.

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    This document compares and contrasts the advantages and disadvantages of case reports, case series, and cross-sectional studies. Case reports can identify rare disease manifestations but cannot assess cause and effect relationships or generalizability. Case series are informative for rare diseases but also cannot assess cause and effect. Cross-sectional studies allow measuring prevalence rates simply and at low cost but are not suitable for assessing temporal relationships or rare diseases.

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    Advantage Disadvantages

    1- Observational and educational 1- Can't study cause, effect


    relationship
    2- Easy to do (fast and no financial
    Case support support) 2- findings can't be generalized

    Report 3- Identify rare manifestations of a


    disease or drug

    1- Useful for hypotheses Can't study cause, effect relationship


    Case generation
    Can't asses disease prevalence
    series 2- Informative for rare diseases
    with few established risk factors

    3- Characterizes averages for


    disorders(i.e. the number and
    percentages of different
    characters , symptoms and signs
    among cases)
    1. Simple to carry out Not appropriate to study rare
    Cross-
    diseases or events with short
    sectional 2. Short period of time duration
    Study
    3. The prevalence rate can be 2. Not appropriate for assessing the
    Measured temporal relationship between
    exposure and a health event or
    4. Low cost outcome: Egg or chicken dilemma;
    what is cause and what is effect. E.g.
    coronary heart disease and
    5. Generalization of the results depressive disorders.
    With representative sample
    3. Not suitable For rare diseases or
    acute (short duration)

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