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The MedDRA paradox.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  18998828     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
MedDRA (the Medical Dictionary for Regulatory Activities Terminology) is a controlled vocabulary widely used as a medical coding scheme. However, MedDRA's characterization of its structural hierarchy exhibits some confusing and paradoxical features. The goal of this paper is to examine these features, determine whether there is a coherent view of the MedDRA hierarchy that emerges, and explore what lessons are to be learned from this for using MedDRA and similar terminologies in a broad medical informatics context that includes relations among multiple disparate terminologies, thesauri, and ontologies.
Authors:
Gary H Merrill
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article     Date:  2008-11-06
Journal Detail:
Title:  AMIA ... Annual Symposium proceedings / AMIA Symposium. AMIA Symposium     Volume:  -     ISSN:  1942-597X     ISO Abbreviation:  -     Publication Date:  2008  
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2008-11-12     Completed Date:  2010-01-08     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  101209213     Medline TA:  AMIA Annu Symp Proc     Country:  United States    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  470-4     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
GlaxoSmithKline, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, USA.
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Algorithms
Artificial Intelligence
Dictionaries, Medical*
Information Storage and Retrieval / methods*
Medical Records Systems, Computerized*
Natural Language Processing*
Pattern Recognition, Automated / methods*
Terminology as Topic*
United States
Vocabulary, Controlled*

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