The caBIG terminology review process

James J Cimino1, Terry F Hayamizu, Olivier Bodenreider

  • 1National Institutes of Health, Laboratory for Informatics Development, Clinical Center, Room 6-2551, 10 Center Drive, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA. ciminoj@mail.nih.gov

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