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Preoperative parathyroid hormone level as a predictive factor for post-thyroidectomy hypoparathyroidism [PDF]

open access: yesKorean Journal of Clinical Oncology, 2013
Purpose: Whether the level of the preoperative parathyroid hormone (PTH) is a risk factor of postoperative hypoparathyroidism remains unclear. The aim of this study was to evaluate the predictive value of preoperative PTH for the hypoparathyroidism ...
Yoon-Hye Kwon   +6 more
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International Prostate Symptom Score: Really Appreciated by All Patients or Not?

open access: yesUrology Journal, 2011
Purpose: To investigate the relationship between the accuracy of the answers provided by the patients to the International Prostate Symptom Score (IPSS)questionnaire and age and level of education.
Metinİshak Öztürk   +5 more
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Bivariate meta-analysis of predictive values of diagnostic tests can be an alternative to bivariate meta-analysis of sensitivity and specificity

open access: yes, 2012
Meta-analysis of predictive values is usually discouraged because these values are directly affected by disease prevalence, but sensitivity and specificity sometimes show substantial heterogeneity as well.
Rutjes, Anne W S   +14 more
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Predictive value of respiratory symptoms for the diagnosis of pollen-induced seasonal asthma among children and adults in Inner Mongolia

open access: yes, 2017
Ting Ting Ma,1–3 Yan Zhuang,1 Hai Ying Gong,4 Anthony Chauang Yii,5 Xue Yan Wang,1 Huan Zhong Shi2,3 1Department of Allergy, Beijing Shijitan Hospital, Capital Medical University, 2Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Beijing Chao-
Gong HY   +5 more
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Transepidermal water loss measurement during infancy can predict the subsequent development of atopic dermatitis regardless of filaggrin mutations

open access: yesAllergology International, 2016
Background: Atopic dermatitis (AD) is characterized by skin barrier dysfunction. Few studies have used noninvasive techniques to measure epidermis function in asymptomatic neonates.
Kenta Horimukai   +10 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Persistence and Predictive Power of the Dividend-Price Ratio [PDF]

open access: yes
This paper presents strong statistical evidence that the dividend- price ratio in the US has experienced a change in persistence from I(0) to I(1), while stock returns have not.
Cheolbeom Park
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A Predictive Model for Estimation Risk of Proliferative Lupus Nephritis

open access: yesChinese Medical Journal, 2018
Background: Lupus nephritis (LN) is classified by renal biopsy into proliferative and nonproliferative forms, with distinct prognoses, but renal biopsy is not available for every LN patient.
Dong-Ni Chen   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Positive predictive value of the ICD-10 hospital diagnosis of pleural empyema in the Danish National Registry of Patients

open access: yes, 2011
Mette Søgaard1,2, Jette Brommann Kornum2, Henrik Carl Schønheyder1, Reimar Wernich Thomsen21Department of Clinical Microbiology, Aalborg Hospital, Aarhus University Hospital, Aalborg, Denmark; 2Department of Clinical Epidemiology ...
Mette Søgaard   +3 more
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Concordance and generalization of an AI algorithm with real-world clinical data in the pre-omicron and omicron era

open access: yesHeliyon
All viruses, including SARS-CoV-2, the virus responsible for COVID-19, continue to evolve, which can lead to new variants. The objective of this study is to assess the agreement between real-world clinical data and an algorithm that utilizes laboratory ...
Gulsen Yilmaz   +11 more
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