Differentiation between Wegener's granulomatosis and microscopic polyangiitis by an artificial neural network and by traditional methods

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1039-1047

  Linder, Roland ^a   Orth, Isabelle ^b   Hagen, E Christian ^c,d   Van Der Woude, Fokko J ^b   Schmitt, Wilhelm H ^b  

^a Scientific Institute of TK for Benefit and Efficiency in Health Care (WINEG)   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^c Weinheim Kidney Center   (Germany)

^d MEANDER MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Differential diagnosis; Microscopic polyangiitis; Wegener's granulomatosis

Indexed keywords

NEUTROPHIL CYTOPLASMIC ANTIBODY;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; CHAPEL HILL CRITERIA; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EAR DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LUNG NODULE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROSCOPIC POLYANGIITIS; MULTICENTER STUDY; NOMENCLATURE; NOSE DISEASE; PARANASAL SINUS DISEASE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SORENSEN CRITERIA; WEGENER GRANULOMATOSIS;

ADULT; AGED; BIOPSY; COHORT STUDIES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MICROSCOPIC POLYANGIITIS; MIDDLE AGED; NEURAL NETWORKS (COMPUTER); TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC; WEGENER GRANULOMATOSIS;

EID: 79957810210     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: 14992752     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3899/jrheum.100814     Document Type: Article

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