TY - GEN
T1 - Comparing two human disease networks
T2 - 5th IEEE Integrated STEM Education Conference, ISEC 2015
AU - Shah, Yousuf
AU - Rehman, Ibraheem
AU - Limer, Cheryl
AU - Eaton, Zach
AU - Reynolds, Carol
AU - Troidl, Alan
AU - McHugh, Kristie
AU - Sayama, Hiroki
AU - Ichinose, Genki
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2015 IEEE.
PY - 2015/6/8
Y1 - 2015/6/8
N2 - Through the NetSci High program, an outreach program organized by network scientists to teach and give research oppurtunities to high school students relating to the field of network science, this research was started. As the field of medicine grows and more and more new diseases are discovered that are quite similar to each other, the number of misdiagnoses of these similar diseases can increase. As a result, it is necessary to look for a way to minimize the risks of misdiagnosing certain genetic diseases. By making physicians aware of pairs of similar and almost indistinguishable diseases, the number of misdiagnoses may decrease. Although many of these almost indistinguishable diseases could have very similar treatments, many may not. Therefore, it is crucial that physicians make accurate diagnoses because there is always a life at stake.
AB - Through the NetSci High program, an outreach program organized by network scientists to teach and give research oppurtunities to high school students relating to the field of network science, this research was started. As the field of medicine grows and more and more new diseases are discovered that are quite similar to each other, the number of misdiagnoses of these similar diseases can increase. As a result, it is necessary to look for a way to minimize the risks of misdiagnosing certain genetic diseases. By making physicians aware of pairs of similar and almost indistinguishable diseases, the number of misdiagnoses may decrease. Although many of these almost indistinguishable diseases could have very similar treatments, many may not. Therefore, it is crucial that physicians make accurate diagnoses because there is always a life at stake.
KW - diagnoses and misdiagnoses
KW - disease-gene network
KW - disease-symptom network
KW - genetic diseases
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U2 - 10.1109/ISECon.2015.7119913
DO - 10.1109/ISECon.2015.7119913
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84942745368
T3 - ISEC 2015 - 5th IEEE Integrated STEM Education Conference
SP - 153
EP - 155
BT - ISEC 2015 - 5th IEEE Integrated STEM Education Conference
PB - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Y2 - 7 March 2015
ER -
