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Methods Inf Med 2011; 50(03): 217-236
DOI: 10.1055/s-0038-1625243
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Discussion of “Biomedical Ontologies: Toward Scientific Debate”

M. Brochhausen
1   Saarland University, Saarbrücken, Germany
,
A. Burgun
2   Inserm U936, Department of Medical Informatics, Rennes 1 University, Rennes, France
,
W. Ceusters
3   University at Buffalo, Buffalo NY, USA
,
A. Hasman
4   AMC-University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
,
T. Y. Leong
5   National University of Singapore, Singapore
,
M. Musen
6   Stanford University, Stanford, USA
,
J. L. Oliveira
7   University of Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal
,
M. Peleg
8   University of Haifa, Haifa, Israel
,
A. Rector
9   University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom
,
S. Schulz
10   Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria
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