Experimental Hematology
Volume 38, Issue 5 , Pages 426-433 , May 2010

Comparison between an artificial neural network and logistic regression in predicting acute graft-vs-host disease after unrelated donor hematopoietic stem cell transplantation in thalassemia patients

  • Giovanni Caocci

      Affiliations

    • Cattedra di Ematologia, Dipartimento di Scienze Mediche Internistiche, Centro Trapianti Midollo Osseo, Università di Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy
    • Corresponding Author InformationOffprint requests to: Giovanni Caocci, M.D., Centro Trapianti di Midollo Osseo, P.O. “R. Binaghi,” Via Is Guadazzonis 3, 09126 Cagliari, Italy
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  • Roberto Baccoli

      Affiliations

    • Dipartimento Ingegneria del Territorio−Fisica Tecnica, Facoltà di Ingegneria, Università di Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy
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  • Adriana Vacca

      Affiliations

    • Cattedra di Ematologia, Dipartimento di Scienze Mediche Internistiche, Centro Trapianti Midollo Osseo, Università di Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy
    • ,
  • Angela Mastronuzzi

      Affiliations

    • Oncoematologia Pediatrica, Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo, Università di Pavia, Pavia, Italy
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  • Alice Bertaina

      Affiliations

    • Oncoematologia Pediatrica, Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo, Università di Pavia, Pavia, Italy
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  • Eugenia Piras

      Affiliations

    • Cattedra di Ematologia, Dipartimento di Scienze Mediche Internistiche, Centro Trapianti Midollo Osseo, Università di Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy
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  • Roberto Littera

      Affiliations

    • Cattedra di Genetica Medica, Dipartimento di Scienze Mediche Internistiche, Università di Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy
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  • Franco Locatelli

      Affiliations

    • Dipartimento di Oncoematologia e Medicina Trasfusionale, IRCCS, Ospedale Bambino Gesù, Rome, Italy
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  • Carlo Carcassi

      Affiliations

    • Cattedra di Genetica Medica, Dipartimento di Scienze Mediche Internistiche, Università di Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy
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  • Giorgio La Nasa

      Affiliations

    • Cattedra di Ematologia, Dipartimento di Scienze Mediche Internistiche, Centro Trapianti Midollo Osseo, Università di Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy

Received 15 December 2009 ,Revised 24 February 2010 ,Accepted 26 February 2010.

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doi: 10.1016/j.exphem.2010.02.012

Experimental Hematology
Volume 38, Issue 5 , Pages 426-433 , May 2010

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