Cluster analysis to identify possible subgroups in tinnitus patients

Frontiers in Neurology

Volumn 8, Issue APR, 2017, Pages

  van den Berge, Minke J C ^a,b   Free, Rolien H ^a,b   Arnold, Rosemarie ^a   de Kleine, Emile ^a   Hofman, Rutger ^a   van Dijk, J Marc C ^a,b   Dijk, Pim van ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cluster analysis; Heterogeneity of tinnitus; Principle component analysis; Subgroup identification; Tinnitus

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; AUDITORY SYSTEM FUNCTION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EXPLORATORY RESEARCH; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POPULATION RESEARCH; SEX DIFFERENCE; TINNITUS; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

EID: 85018762338     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16642295     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fneur.2017.00115     Document Type: Article

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