?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Automated+Screening+for+Three+Inborn+Metabolic+Disorders%3A+A+Pilot+Study&rft.creator=S%2C+Kavitha&rft.creator=S+N%2C+Sarbadhikari&rft.creator=N+Rao%2C+Ananth&rft.subject=Online+Journal+of+Health+and+Allied+Sciences&rft.description=Background%3A+Inborn+metabolic+disorders+(IMDs)+form+a+large+group+of+rare%2C+but+often+serious%2C+metabolic+disorders.+Aims%3A+Our+objective+was+to+construct+a+decision+tree%2C+based+on+classification+algorithm+for+the+data+on+three+metabolic+disorders%2C+enabling+us+to+take+decisions+on+the+screening+and+clinical+diagnosis+of+a+patient.+Settings+and+Design%3A+A+non-incremental+concept+learning+classification+algorithm+was+applied+to+a+set+of+patient+data+and+the+procedure+followed+to+obtain+a+decision+on+a+patient%E2%80%99s+disorder.+Materials+and+Methods%3A+Initially+a+training+set+containing+13+cases+was+investigated+for+three+inborn+errors+of+metabolism.+Results%3A+A+total+of+thirty+test+cases+were+investigated+for+the+three+inborn+errors+of+metabolism.+The+program+identified+10+cases+with+galactosemia%2C+another+10+cases+with+fructosemia+and+the+remaining+10+with+propionic+acidemia.+The+program+successfully+identified+all+the+30+cases.+Conclusions%3A+This+kind+of+decision+support+systems+can+help+the+healthcare+delivery+personnel+immensely+for+early+screening+of+IMDs.&rft.publisher=Dr.+B.S.+Kakkilaya&rft.contributor=Kakkilaya+Bevinje%2C+Dr.+Srinivas&rft.date=2006-12&rft.type=Journal+(On-line%2FUnpaginated)&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F5320%2F1%2F2006-3-1.pdf&rft.identifier=++S%2C+Kavitha+and+S+N%2C+Sarbadhikari+and+N+Rao%2C+Ananth++(2006)+Automated+Screening+for+Three+Inborn+Metabolic+Disorders%3A+A+Pilot+Study.++%5BJournal+(On-line%2FUnpaginated)%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F5320%2F<script src='//archive-bar.soton.ac.uk/archive-bar.js'></script>