Common pre-diagnostic features in individuals with different rare diseases represent a key for diagnostic support with computerized pattern recognition?

• Lorenz Grigull ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Project administration, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: Grigull.lorenz@mh-hannover.de

  Affiliation Department of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany

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• Sandra Mehmecke,

  Roles Data curation, Methodology, Project administration

  Affiliation Nursing Council (Pflegekammer) Lower Saxony, Hannover, Germany

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• Ann-Katrin Rother,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Project administration, Validation

  Affiliation Department of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany

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• Susanne Blöß,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration

  Affiliation Department of Hematology, Hemostasis, Oncology and Stem Cell Transplantation, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany

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• Christian Klemann,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology

  Affiliation Department of Pediatric Pneumology, Allergy and Neonatology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany

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• Ulrike Schumacher,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration

  Affiliation DRK Clementinenkrankenhaus, Hannover, Germany

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• Urs Mücke,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology

  Affiliation Department of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany

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• Xiaowei Kortum,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation

  Affiliation Department of Computer Science, Ostfalia University of Applied Sciences, Wolfenbuettel, Germany

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• Werner Lechner,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Software, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Improved Medical Diagnostics IMD GmbH, Donauwoerth, Germany

  http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4255-5269

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• Frank Klawonn

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Software, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Computer Science, Ostfalia University of Applied Sciences, Wolfenbuettel, Germany, Biostatistics, Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research, Braunschweig, Germany

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