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Latent cluster analysis of ALS phenotypes identifies prognostically differing groups.
PloS one - 22 Sept 2009
Ganesalingam Jeban, Stahl Daniel, Wijesekera Lokesh, Galtrey Clare, Shaw Christopher E, Leigh P Nigel, Al-Chalabi Ammar
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BACKGROUND: Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a degenerative disease predominantly affecting motor neurons and manifesting as several different phenotypes. Whether these phenotypes correspond to different underlying disease processes is unknown. We used latent cluster analysis to identify groupings of clinical variables in an objective and unbiased way to improve phenotyping for clinical and research...
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