Using 'off the shelf', computer programs to mine additional insights from published data: Diurnal variation in potency of ACTH stimulation of cortisol secretion revealed

Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 227-238

  Gonzalez Heydrich, Joseph ^a   Steingard, Ronald J ^b   Putnam, Frank ^c   Beardslee, William ^a   Kohane, Isaac S ^a  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Department of Psychiatry   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Adrenal rhythm; Adrenocortical sensitivity; Biological database; Data mining; Hormone interactions; Mathematical models

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA MINING; DATABASE SYSTEMS; FEATURE EXTRACTION; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS;

ADRENAL RHYTHM; ADRENOCORTICAL SENSITIVITY; BIOLOGICAL DATABASE; HORMONE INTERACTIONS;

COMPUTER AIDED DIAGNOSIS;

CORTICOTROPIN; HYDROCORTISONE;

ACCURACY; ADRENAL GLAND; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER MODEL; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOTROPIN TEST; FEMALE; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE RELEASE; HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; INTERNET; MALE; MEDICAL LITERATURE;

ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATABASES, FACTUAL; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; SOFTWARE;

EID: 0033104383     PISSN: 01692607     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-2607(98)00086-8     Document Type: Article

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