title: [Experiences of Professor Zhou Zhong-ying in diagnosing and treating rheumatoid arthritis by data mining].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To summarize Professor ZHOU Zhong-ying's academic ideas and clinical experiences in diagnosing and treating rheumatoid arthritis (RA).
  
  
  METHODS
  Totally 153 clinical case reports were recruited. Data mining techniques like frequencies, factor analysis, and association analysis were used in order to find out laws of syndrome, pathogenesis, treatment methods, formulae and medication.
  
  
  RESULTS
  By statistical analyses, we found 14 main symptoms, 76 commonly used clinical drugs, 8 core prescriptions for RA, and the correlation between main pathogeneses and related drugs.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Results analyzed and summarized from mining his experiences in RA treatment were in line with clinical practice.
authors: First Clinical Medical College, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing 210046, China.
authors: Ling
authors: L
authors: Li
authors: First Clinical Medical College, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing 210046, China.
authors: Xue-Ping
authors: XP
authors: Zhou
authors: Basic Medical College, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing 210046, China.
authors: Guo-Chun
authors: GC
authors: Li
authors: Basic Medical College, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing 210046, China.
authors: Yun-Qin
authors: YQ
authors: Wang
mesh_terms: D018501:Antirheumatic Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001172:Arthritis, Rheumatoid / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000628:therapy*; D057225:Data Mining; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D008516:Medicine, Chinese Traditional / Q000379:methods*; D008517:Phytotherapy; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D018501:Antirheumatic Agents; D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal