Modeling disease severity in multiple sclerosis using electronic health records.

To optimally leverage the scalability and unique features of the electronic health records (EHR) for research that would ultimately improve patient care, we need to accurately identify patients and extract clinically meaningful measures. Using multiple sclerosis (MS) as a proof of principle, we show...

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Main Authors: Zongqi Xia, Elizabeth Secor, Lori B Chibnik, Riley M Bove, Suchun Cheng, Tanuja Chitnis, Andrew Cagan, Vivian S Gainer, Pei J Chen, Katherine P Liao, Stanley Y Shaw, Ashwin N Ananthakrishnan, Peter Szolovits, Howard L Weiner, Elizabeth W Karlson, Shawn N Murphy, Guergana K Savova, Tianxi Cai, Susanne E Churchill, Robert M Plenge, Isaac S Kohane, Philip L De Jager
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3823928?pdf=render