Computer-Aided Prediction of Long-Term Prognosis of Patients with Ulcerative Colitis after Cytoapheresis Therapy.

Cytoapheresis (CAP) therapy is widely used in ulcerative colitis (UC) patients with moderate to severe activity in Japan. The aim of this study is to predict the need of operation after CAP therapy of UC patients on an individual level using an artificial neural network system (ANN). Ninety UC patie...

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Main Authors: Tetsuro Takayama, Susumu Okamoto, Tadakazu Hisamatsu, Makoto Naganuma, Katsuyoshi Matsuoka, Shinta Mizuno, Rieko Bessho, Toshifumi Hibi, Takanori Kanai
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4481415?pdf=render