Classification of Liver Diseases by Clinical Chemical Laboratory Results and Cluster Analysis

H. E. Solberg Dept. of Clinical Chemistry, Institute of Clinical Biochemistry, Dept. of Pathology, and Medical Dept. A, Rikshospitalet, National Hospital of Norway, University Hospital, Oslo, Norway

S. Skrede Dept. of Clinical Chemistry, Institute of Clinical Biochemistry, Dept. of Pathology, and Medical Dept. A, Rikshospitalet, National Hospital of Norway, University Hospital, Oslo, Norway

K. Elgjo Dept. of Clinical Chemistry, Institute of Clinical Biochemistry, Dept. of Pathology, and Medical Dept. A, Rikshospitalet, National Hospital of Norway, University Hospital, Oslo, Norway

J. P. Blomhoff Dept. of Clinical Chemistry, Institute of Clinical Biochemistry, Dept. of Pathology, and Medical Dept. A, Rikshospitalet, National Hospital of Norway, University Hospital, Oslo, Norway

E. Gjone Dept. of Clinical Chemistry, Institute of Clinical Biochemistry, Dept. of Pathology, and Medical Dept. A, Rikshospitalet, National Hospital of Norway, University Hospital, Oslo, Norway

Abstract

Patients with liver diseases were classified by cluster analysis using only clinical chemical laboratory results. A strong tendency towards correspondence between this classification, based on functional criteria, and the previous diagnoses, based mainly on liver biopsy findings, was found.

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