Research Article

Feature Selection for Better Identification of Subtypes of Guillain-Barré Syndrome

Table 4

List of variables with the highest purity (0.7984) selected by CFS.

FeatureMeaning

v29Extraocular muscles involvement
v30Ptosis
v40Karnofsky at discharge
v105Distal amplitude of left ulnar motor nerve
v106*Area under the curve of left ulnar motor nerve
v108Proximal amplitude of left ulnar motor nerve
v111Average F-wave latency of left ulnar motor nerve
v116Distal amplitude of right ulnar motor nerve
v134F-wave amplitude of left tibial motor nerve
v172*Amplitude of left median sensory nerve
v173Area under the curve of left median sensory nerve
v177*Amplitude of right median sensory nerve
v182*Amplitude of left ulnar sensory nerve
v185Conduction velocity of right ulnar sensory nerve
v187Amplitude of right ulnar sensory nerve
v192Amplitude of left sural sensory nerve