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A Model-Based Diagnostic Expert System for Skeletal Dysplasias

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AIME 89

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A prototypical model-based diagnostic expert system for skeletal dysplasias is discussed in the context of the competent expert systems methodology and an advanced generic architecture for second generation diagnostic systems.

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Keravnou, E.T., Washbrook, J., Dawood, R.M., Hall, C.M., Shaw, D. (1989). A Model-Based Diagnostic Expert System for Skeletal Dysplasias. In: Hunter, J., Cookson, J., Wyatt, J. (eds) AIME 89. Lecture Notes in Medical Informatics, vol 38. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-93437-7_5

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