Curated databases and their role in clinical bioinformatics

C.C. Englbrecht; M. Han; M.T. Mader; A. Osanger; K.F.X. Mayer

doi:10.1055/s-0038-1638188

Yearbook of Medical Informatics, Table of Contents

Yearb Med Inform 2004; 13(01): 121-136
DOI: 10.1055/s-0038-1638188

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Georg Thieme Verlag KG Stuttgart

Curated databases and their role in clinical bioinformatics

C.C. Englbrecht

¹MIPS, Institute for Bioinformatics GSF – National Research Center for Environment and Health Neuherberg, Germany

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M. Han

¹MIPS, Institute for Bioinformatics GSF – National Research Center for Environment and Health Neuherberg, Germany

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M.T. Mader

¹MIPS, Institute for Bioinformatics GSF – National Research Center for Environment and Health Neuherberg, Germany

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A. Osanger

¹MIPS, Institute for Bioinformatics GSF – National Research Center for Environment and Health Neuherberg, Germany

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K.F.X. Mayer

¹MIPS, Institute for Bioinformatics GSF – National Research Center for Environment and Health Neuherberg, Germany

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