Using neural networks as an aid in the determination of disease status: Comparison of clinical diagnosis to neural-network predictions in a pedigree with autosomal dominant limb-girdle muscular dystrophy

American Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 941-949

  Falk, Catherine T ^a   Gilchrist, James M ^b   Pericak Vance, Margaret A ^c   Speer, Marcy C ^c  

^a NEW YORK BLOOD CENTER   (United States)

^b RHODE ISLAND HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT INHERITANCE; CHROMOSOME 5Q; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; GENE LOCATION; HUMAN; LIMB GIRDLE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PEDIGREE ANALYSIS; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031924328     PISSN: 00029297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/301780     Document Type: Article

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