The Taxonomy Statistic Uncovers Novel Clinical Patterns in a Population of Ischemic Stroke Patients

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 7, 2013, Pages

  Tukiendorf, Andrzej ^a   Kaźmierski, Radosław ^b   Michalak, Sławomir ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Poland)

^b POZNAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CLASSIFICATION ALGORITHM; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COHORT ANALYSIS; DATA MINING; DIABETES MELLITUS; EMERGENCY WARD; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METHODOLOGY; PREDICTION; PROGNOSIS; TAXONOMY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STROKE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84880458614     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0069816     Document Type: Article

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