Improved differentiation between Churg-Strauss syndrome and wegener's granulomatosis by an artificial neural network

Arthritis and Rheumatism

Volumn 44, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 1887-1896

  Schmitt, W H ^a   Linder, R ^a   Reinhold Keller, E ^a   Gross, W L ^a,b  

^a Medical University of Ludie beck/Rheumaklinik Bad Bramstedt   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; CHURG STRAUSS SYNDROME; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MALE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; VALIDATION PROCESS; WEGENER GRANULOMATOSIS;

CHURG-STRAUSS SYNDROME; COHORT STUDIES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURAL NETWORKS (COMPUTER); SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; WEGENER GRANULOMATOSIS;

EID: 0034881928     PISSN: 00043591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1529-0131(200108)44:8<1887::AID-ART327>3.0.CO;2-8     Document Type: Article

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