Fuzzy logic and continuous cellular automata in Warfarin dosing of stroke patients

Current Treatment Options in Cardiovascular Medicine

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 211-218

  Helgason, Cathy M ^a   Jobe, Thomas H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 5 LEIDEN; PHOSPHOLIPID ANTIBODY; PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR INHIBITOR 1; PROTEIN C; PROTEIN S; WARFARIN;

ANEURYSM; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONGESTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; DRUG INDICATION; DRUG RESPONSE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; GENE MUTATION; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM DEFECT; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL EXPERT; PRESCRIPTION; PROBABILITY; PROTEIN DEFICIENCY; REVIEW; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STROKE; THROMBOEMBOLISM; THROMBOGENESIS; THROMBOPHILIA; THROMBOSIS;

EID: 26844458888     PISSN: 10928464     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11936-005-0049-4     Document Type: Review

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