Artificial Intelligence in Medicine
Volume 31, Issue 1 , Pages 29-44 , May 2004

Auditing concept categorizations in the UMLS

  • Huanying (Helen) Gu

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    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +1-973-972-0995; fax: +1-973-972-8540.
    • Department of Health Informatics, University of Medicine and Dentistry of NJ, Newark, NJ 07107, USA
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  • Yehoshua Perl

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    • CS Department, New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, NJ 07102, USA
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  • Gai Elhanan

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    • Info-X Inc., Northvale, NJ 07647, USA
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  • Hua Min

      Affiliations

    • CS Department, New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, NJ 07102, USA
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  • Li Zhang

      Affiliations

    • CS Department, New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, NJ 07102, USA
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  • Yi Peng

      Affiliations

    • CS Department, New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, NJ 07102, USA

Received 18 March 2003 ,Revised 12 February 2004 ,Accepted 27 February 2004.

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PII: S0933-3657(04)00038-7

doi: 10.1016/j.artmed.2004.02.002

Artificial Intelligence in Medicine
Volume 31, Issue 1 , Pages 29-44 , May 2004