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Common Data Elements in Autoimmune Disease Research
Victoria K Shanmugam1, Carmen Ufret-Vincenty1, Xinrui Li1
1Office of Autoimmune Disease Research, Office of Research on Women's Health, Office of the Director, NIH, Bethesda, Maryland.
Arthritis Care & Research
|December 26, 2025
Summary
Common Data Elements (CDEs) are crucial for all disease research. This initiative focuses on developing CDEs specifically for autoimmune disease research, leveraging resources from the National Institutes of Health and the National Library of Medicine.
Area of Science:
- Autoimmune Disease Research
- Biomedical Informatics
- Data Standards
Background:
- Common Data Elements (CDEs) are essential for consistent and reproducible research across all diseases.
- The National Institutes of Health (NIH) Common Data Elements repository, managed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM), offers a valuable resource for researchers.
- Standardized data is critical for advancing our understanding of complex diseases like autoimmune conditions.

