Development and validation of an algorithm to accurately identify atopic eczema patients in primary care electronic health records from the UK

Electronic health records hold great promise for clinical and epidemiologic research. Undertaking atopic eczema (AE) research using such data is challenging due to its episodic and heterogeneous nature. We sought to develop and validate a diagnostic algorithm that identifies AE cases based on codes...

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Main Authors: Abuabara, K., Magyari, A.M., Hoffstad, O., Jabbar-Lopez, Z.K., Smeeth, L., Williams, H.C., Gelfand, J.M., Margolis, D.J., Langan, S.M.
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Published: Elsevier 2017
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Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/42652/