Why is a terminology important?

Ophthalmology

Volumn 112, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 173-174

  Lum, Flora ^a  

^a American Academy of Ophthalmology   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PRACTICE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EDITORIAL; EYE DISEASE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LANGUAGE; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; NOMENCLATURE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REIMBURSEMENT;

HUMANS; INFORMATION STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL; MEDICAL RECORDS SYSTEMS, COMPUTERIZED; OPHTHALMOLOGY; SYSTEMS INTEGRATION; TERMINOLOGY; VOCABULARY, CONTROLLED;

EID: 13444271880     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2004.11.024     Document Type: Editorial

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