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The whole is greater than the sum of its parts: combining classical statistical and machine intelligence methods in medicine
  1. Khader Shameer1,
  2. Kipp W Johnson2,
  3. Benjamin S Glicksberg2,
  4. Joel T Dudley2,
  5. Partho P Sengupta3
  1. 1Department of Information Services, Center for Research Informatics and Innovation, Northwell Health, New Hyde Park, New York, USA
  2. 2Department of Genetics and Genomic Sciences, Icahn Institute for Genomics and Multiscale Biology, Institute for Next Generation Healthcare, Mount Sinai Health System, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York City, New York, USA
  3. 3Division of Cardiology, West Virginia Heart and Vascular Institute, Morgantown, West Virginia, USA
  1. Correspondence to Dr Partho P Sengupta, Heart and Vascular Institute, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV 26506, USA; Partho.Sengupta{at}wvumedicine.org

https://doi.org/10.1136/heartjnl-2018-313377

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