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<journal-meta>
<journal-id>2448-9190</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Revista alergia México]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Rev. alerg. Méx.]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>2448-9190</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Colegio Mexicano de Inmunología Clínica y Alergia A.C.]]></publisher-name>
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<article-meta>
<article-id>S2448-91902018000100092</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.29262/ram.v65i1.348</article-id>
<title-group>
<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[La importancia de los reportes de casos clínicos en la investigación]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[The importance of clinical case reports in research]]></article-title>
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<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Pineda-Leguízamo]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Ricardo]]></given-names>
</name>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Miranda-Novales]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Guadalupe]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Villasís-Keever]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Miguel Ángel]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
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<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social Centro Médico Nacional Siglo XXI ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Ciudad de México ]]></addr-line>
<country>Mexico</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>03</month>
<year>2018</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>03</month>
<year>2018</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>65</volume>
<numero>1</numero>
<fpage>92</fpage>
<lpage>98</lpage>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S2448-91902018000100092&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S2448-91902018000100092&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S2448-91902018000100092&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[Resumen: Los reportes de casos clínicos corresponden a artículos que tienen la más baja evidencia entre los diferentes estudios de investigación. Sin embargo, no solo son comunes y significativos en el ámbito médico, sino que en muchas ocasiones han sido la base para la generación de investigación. El propósito de la publicación puede ser científico o educacional. En términos generales, en estos documentos se narran, entre otras cosas, el descubrimiento de nuevas enfermedades, la presentación de enfermedades raras, formas inusuales de enfermedades comunes, las complicaciones de un tratamiento común, o bien, el efecto (benéfico o adverso) de un tratamiento. Los reportes de casos clínicos siguen siendo una de las fuentes más importantes de conocimiento. El advenimiento de una guía estandarizada para la creación de reportes de este tipo permite homogeneizar la forma y el contenido de los casos que en un futuro próximo se pretendan describir; así mismo, permitirá a los autores contar con una referencia al momento de elaborar este tipo de publicaciones. Los reportes de caso son recursos valiosos de información nueva e inusual que pueden incentivar y servir en el futuro para realizar estudios de investigación con mayor nivel de evidencia.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[Abstract: Clinical case reports correspond to articles that have the lowest level of evidence within different research trials. However, not only are they common and significant in the medical field, but they have often been the basis the generation of research. The purpose of their publication can be scientific or educational. In general terms, the discovery of new diseases, the presentation of rare diseases, unusual forms of common diseases, the complications of a common treatment, or the effect (beneficial or adverse) of a treatment, among other things, are narrated in these documents. Clinical case reports continue to be one of the most important sources of knowledge. The advent of a standardized guideline for the creation of this type of reports allows homogenizing the form and content of the cases intended to be described in the near future and, furthermore, will enable authors to have a reference when preparing this type of publications. Case reports are valuable resources of new and unusual information that can encourage and serve to conduct future research studies with a higher level of evidence.]]></p></abstract>
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