Preventing nerve function impairment in leprosy: validation and updating of a prediction rule.

• Main Authors: Ron P Schuring (Author), Jan H Richardus (Author), Ewout W Steyerberg (Author), David Pahan (Author), William R Faber (Author), Linda Oskam (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
• Online Access: Connect to this object online.

BACKGROUND: To validate and update a prediction rule for estimating the risk of leprosy-related nerve function impairment (NFI). METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS: Prospective cohort using routinely collected data, in which we determined the discriminative ability of a previously published rule and an...