Medical and dermatology dictionaries: An examination of unstructured definitions and a proposal for the future

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 144-147

  DeVries, David Todd ^a   Papier, Art ^b   Byrnes, Jennifer ^b   Goldsmith, Lowell A ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BOOK; BULLOUS SKIN DISEASE; COMPUTER; DERMATOLOGY; HUMAN; NOMENCLATURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STANDARD;

EID: 0345742653     PISSN: 01909622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0190-9622(03)02483-6     Document Type: Note

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