RandomForest4Life: A Random Forest for predicting ALS disease progression

Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis and Frontotemporal Degeneration

Volumn 15, Issue 5-6, 2014, Pages 444-452

  Hothorn, Torsten ^a   Jung, Hans H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

ALSFRS; ALSFRS R; Prize4Life; PRO ACT; Prognostic factors; Score ratio; Slope

Indexed keywords

CREATINE KINASE; CREATININE;

ADULT; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; BOOTSTRAPPING; CLIMBING; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DYSPNEA; EXAMINATION; FEMALE; HANDWRITING; HUMAN; MACHINE LEARNING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RANDOM FOREST; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; SALIVATION; SPEECH; SWALLOWING; WALKING; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FOLLOW UP; MIDDLE AGED; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PSYCHOLOGY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84906349036     PISSN: 21678421     EISSN: 21679223     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/21678421.2014.893361     Document Type: Article

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