Predictions models in acute stroke: Potential uses and limitations

Stroke

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1665-1666

  Dennis, Martin ^a  

^a WESTERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Prognosis

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CONVALESCENCE; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PREDICTION; PREDICTION MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL MODEL; SURVIVAL TIME; VALIDATION PROCESS; ACUTE DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; EPIDEMIOLOGY; METHODOLOGY; NOTE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PROGNOSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARD; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICS; STROKE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ACUTE DISEASE; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SELECTION BIAS; STROKE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 46249128139     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.107.510271     Document Type: Editorial

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