The use of machine learning to understand the relationship between IgE to specific allergens and asthma

Thomas A E Platts-Mills; Matthew Perzanowski

doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.1002696

The use of machine learning to understand the relationship between IgE to specific allergens and asthma

PLoS Med. 2018 Nov 20;15(11):e1002696. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1002696. eCollection 2018 Nov.

Authors

Thomas A E Platts-Mills¹, Matthew Perzanowski²

Affiliations

¹ University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, United States of America.
² Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health, New York, New York, United States of America.

Abstract

Thomas Platts-Mills and Matthew Perzanowski provide their expert Perspective on a translational study from Custovic and colleagues that identifies pairings of IgE that show value in estimating risk of concurrent asthma.

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MeSH terms

Allergens*
Asthma*
Cross-Sectional Studies
Humans
Immunoglobulin E
Machine Learning

Substances

Allergens
Immunoglobulin E

Grants and funding

The authors received no specific funding for this work.