Modeling disease progression in acute stroke using clinical assessment scales.
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SUBMITTER: Karlsson KE
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2977005 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Dec
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Modeling disease progression in acute stroke using clinical assessment scales.
Karlsson Kristin E KE Wilkins Justin J JJ Jonsson Fredrik F Zingmark Per-Henrik PH Karlsson Mats O MO Jonsson E Niclas EN
The AAPS journal 20100921 4
This article demonstrates techniques for describing and predicting disease progression in acute stroke by modeling scores measured using clinical assessment scales, accommodating dropout as an additional source of information. Scores assessed using the National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale and the Barthel Index in acute stroke patients were used to model the time course of disease progression. Simultaneous continuous and probabilistic models for describing the nature and magnitude of score ...[more]
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