Predicting the anti-hypertensive effect of nitrendipine from plasma concentration profiles using artificial neural networks

Computers in Biology and Medicine

Volumn 35, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 892-904

  Belic A ^a   Grabnar, I ^a   Belic I ^a,b   Karba, R ^a   Mrhar, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARIBOR   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Artificial neural networks; Modelling; Pharmacodynamics; Pharmacokinetics; Statistics

Indexed keywords

DATABASE SYSTEMS; DRUG PRODUCTS; NEURAL NETWORKS; OPTIMIZATION; PHARMACODYNAMICS; PHARMACOKINETICS; STATISTICS;

MODELING; NITRENDIPINE; PLASMA LEVELS;

PLASMAS;

NITRENDIPINE;

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; COMPUTER MODEL; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG RELEASE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DATABASES; DIASTOLE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; NEURAL NETWORKS (COMPUTER); NITRENDIPINE; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; THERAPEUTIC EQUIVALENCY;

EID: 28044462192     PISSN: 00104825     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compbiomed.2004.07.006     Document Type: Article

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