A literature-driven method to calculate similarities among diseases. Issue 2 (November 2015)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Kim, Hyunjin; Yoon, Youngmi; Ahn, Jaegyoon; Park, Sanghyun
• Is Part Of: Computer methods and programs in biomedicine. Volume 122:Issue 2(2015)
• Page Start: 108
• Page End: 122
• Publication Date: 2015-11
• Subjects: Medicine -- Computer programs -- Periodicals; Biology -- Computer programs -- Periodicals; Computers -- Periodicals; Medicine -- Periodicals; Médecine -- Logiciels -- Périodiques; Biologie -- Logiciels -- Périodiques; Biology -- Computer programs; Medicine -- Computer programs; Periodicals; Electronic journals; 610.28
• DOI: 10.1016/j.cmpb.2015.07.001
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0169-2607

Abstract

<abstract abstract-type="author-highlights" id="abs0005"> <title id="sect0005">Highlights</title> <sec> <p id="spar0005"> <list id="lis0005"> <list-item id="lsti0005"> <label></label> <p id="par0005">We proposed a novel method which calculates disease–disease similarity.</p> </list-item> <list-item id="lsti0010"> <label></label> <p id="par0010">The proposed method can be used in constructing of disease network.</p> </list-item> <list-item id="lsti0015"> <label></label> <p id="par0015">The proposed method discovered the largest number of answer disease pairs and showed lowest <italic>p</italic>-value when compared with other comparable methods.</p> </list-item> <list-item id="lsti0020"> <label></label> <p id="par0020">The proposed method can provide an insight of relationship between diseases.</p> </list-item> </list> </p> </sec> </abstract>