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From: Identification of novel biomarker candidates by proteomic analysis of cerebrospinal fluid from patients with moyamoya disease using SELDI-TOF-MS

Figure 3

CART analysis using peaks obtained by SELDI-TOF-MS to discriminate between patients with MMD and control patients. The decision tree was constructed using CSF samples from 32 patients with MMD and control patients. The classification is determined starting at the roof node, following by appropriate splitting decisions based on the peak intensity at each node. If the peak intensity is lower than the cutoff intensity value, the left node is selected. This splitting process is continued until no further classification is achieved and terminal nodes are produced. Using m/z 4473, 2406 and 6338 peaks (pH 5), m/z 4588 and 7250 peaks (pH 7), and m/z 4746 and 1044 peaks (pH 9), CART for Q10 ProteinChip was applied to identify patients with MMD and control patients. The analysis correctly classified all 20 patients with MMD under pH 5 condition and 19 of 20 under the pH 7 and 9 conditions; all 12 control patients were classified under all pH conditions.

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