Building treasures for rare disorders

European Journal of Medical Genetics

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 11-13

  Baas, Melanie ^a   Huisman, Sylvia ^a   van Heukelingen, John ^b   Koekkoek, Gerritjan ^c   Laan, Henk Willem ^d   Hennekam, Raoul C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b Pitt Hopkins Parents Support Group   (Netherlands)

^c Cornelia de Lange Syndrome Support Group ^*  (Netherlands)

^d Marshall Smith Syndrome Foundation   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

EHealth; Innovation; Internet; Rare disorders; Wiki

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CONFIDENTIALITY; DATA BASE; HUMAN; INTERNET; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN; RARE DISEASE; RELIABILITY; SCIENTIST; SUPPORT GROUP; TELEHEALTH; COOPERATION; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; RARE DISEASES; SELF HELP;

BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INTERNET; RARE DISEASES; SELF-HELP GROUPS;

EID: 84920277023     PISSN: 17697212     EISSN: 18780849     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmg.2014.10.006     Document Type: Article

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