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SUBMITTER: Takayama T
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4481415 | biostudies-literature | 2015
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Takayama Tetsuro T Okamoto Susumu S Hisamatsu Tadakazu T Naganuma Makoto M Matsuoka Katsuyoshi K Mizuno Shinta S Bessho Rieko R Hibi Toshifumi T Kanai Takanori T
PloS one 20150625 6
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 patients with moderate to severe activity were treated with CAP. Data on the patients' demographics, medication, clinical activity index (CAI) and efficacy of CAP were collected. Clinical data were divided ...[more]