Prediction of clinical response to excimer laser treatment in vitiligo by using neural network models

Dermatology

Volumn 219, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 133-137

  Cazzaniga, Simone ^a   Sassi, Fabrizia ^a   Mercuri, Santo Raffaele ^b   Naldi, Luigi ^a,c  

^a FONDAZIONE IRCCS CA GRANDA OSPEDALE MAGGIORE POLICLINICO   (Italy)

^b Department of Neurosurgery   (Italy)

^c OSPEDALI RIUNITI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Laser treatment, clinical response; Neural network; Vitiligo

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE BUTYRATE;

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; ERROR; EXCIMER LASER; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MODEL; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHOTOGRAPHY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN PIGMENTATION; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION; VITILIGO;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LASER THERAPY, LOW-LEVEL; LASERS, EXCIMER; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURAL NETWORKS (COMPUTER); PATIENT SATISFACTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VITILIGO;

EID: 69349093660     PISSN: 10188665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000225934     Document Type: Article

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