Diagnostic classification of autoantibody repertoires in endocrine ophthalmopathy using an artificial neural network

Ocular Immunology and Inflammation

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 43-50

  Grus, F H ^a,b   Augustin, A J ^a   Toth Sagi, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Artificial neural network; Autoantibody repertoire; Endocrine ophthalmopathy

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ENDOCRINE OPHTHALMOPATHY; EXTRAOCULAR MUSCLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS;

EID: 0031798880     PISSN: 09273948     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1076/ocii.6.1.43.8082     Document Type: Article

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