UTILITY OF MEDICAL RECORD DIAGNOSTIC CODES TO ASCERTAIN ATTENTION-DEFICIT/HYPERACTIVITY DISORDER AND LEARNING DISABILITIES IN POPULATIONS OF CHILDREN

Utility of medical record diagnostic codes to ascertain attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder and learning disabilities in populations of children

Abstract Background To develop and evaluate machine learning algorithms to ascertain attention-deficit/hyperactivity (ADHD) and learning disability (LD) using diagnostic codes in the medical record.Method Diagnoses of ADHD and LD were confirmed in cohorts of children in Hair Olmsted County of Minnesota based on validated research criteria.Models to

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In vitro effect of eltrombopag alone and in combination with azacitidine on megakaryopoiesis in patients with myelodysplastic syndrome

Thrombocytopenia is a severe complication for patients with myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS).Eltrombopag increases platelet count in MDS patients but its combination with azacitidine elicited controversial results.We aimed to quantify the colony forming units of megakaryocytes (CFU-Mk) obtained from CD34+ bone marrow cells isolated from patients with

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Arhinops, a new name for the genus Arhina Murray, 1876, non Arhina Agassiz, 1846 (Insecta: Diptera), and notes on the tribe Arhinopini nom. n. (Insecta: Coleoptera: Nitidulidae: Cryptarchinae)

The genus-group name Arhina Murray, 1876 has been used as valid Bike Accessories - Hydration for a group of beetles in the family Nitidulidae.Indeed this name is preoccupied by the available name Arhina Agassiz, 1846 (Insecta: Diptera).Arhinops nom.n.is hereby proposed as a replacement name for Arhina Murray, 1876.Correspondingly the tribal name Ar

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