The Epilepsy Phenome/Genome Project (EPGP) informatics platform

International Journal of Medical Informatics

Volumn 82, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 248-259

  Nesbitt, Gerry ^a   McKenna, Kevin ^a   Mays, Vickie ^a   Carpenter, Alan ^a   Miller, Kevin ^a   Williams, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Electronic data collection; EPGP; Epilepsy; Informatics; Internet; Phenotyping; Research

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONIC DATA COLLECTION; EPGP; EPILEPSY; INFORMATICS; PHENOTYPING;

DIGITAL STORAGE; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; INFORMATION SCIENCE; INTERNET; NEUROLOGY; RESEARCH; SURVEYS; WEBSITES;

DATA ACQUISITION;

DNA;

ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPH; EPILEPSY; EPILEPSY PHENOME GENOME PROJECT; GENETIC DATABASE; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INFORMATION SCIENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEUROIMAGING; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PEDIGREE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES;

ARGENTINA; AUSTRALIA; DATABASES, GENETIC; DNA; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; GENOME, HUMAN; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INTERNET; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PEDIGREE; PHENOTYPE; SPECIMEN HANDLING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84875376265     PISSN: 13865056     EISSN: 18728243     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2012.03.004     Document Type: Article

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