Knowledge retrieval from PubMed abstracts and electronic medical records with the Multiple Sclerosis Ontology.

Journal: PloS one
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Abstract

BACKGROUND: In order to retrieve useful information from scientific literature and electronic medical records (EMR) we developed an ontology specific for Multiple Sclerosis (MS).

Authors

  • Ashutosh Malhotra
    Department of Bioinformatics, Fraunhofer Institute for Algorithms and Scientific Computing, 53754, Sankt Augustin, Germany.
  • Michaela Gündel
    Department of Bioinformatics, Fraunhofer Institute for Algorithms and Scientific Computing, 53754, Sankt Augustin, Germany.
  • Abdul Mateen Rajput
    Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany.
  • Heinz-Theodor Mevissen
    Department of Bioinformatics, Fraunhofer Institute for Algorithms and Scientific Computing, 53754, Sankt Augustin, Germany.
  • Albert Saiz
    MS Center, Department of Neurology, Hospital Clinic of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain; Center of Neuroimmunology, Institut d'investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Barcelona, Spain.
  • Xavier Pastor
    Department of Medical Informatics, Hospital Clinic of Barcelona-University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.
  • Raimundo Lozano-Rubi
    Department of Medical Informatics, Hospital Clinic of Barcelona-University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.
  • Elena H Martinez-Lapiscina
  • Irati Zubizarreta
    Center of Neuroimmunology, Institut d'investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Barcelona, Spain.
  • Bernd Mueller
    Department of Bioinformatics, Fraunhofer Institute for Algorithms and Scientific Computing, 53754, Sankt Augustin, Germany.
  • Ekaterina Kotelnikova
    Center of Neuroimmunology, Institut d'investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Barcelona, Spain.
  • Luca Toldo
    Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany.
  • Martin Hofmann-Apitius
    Department of Bioinformatics, Fraunhofer Institute for Algorithms and Scientific Computing, 53754, Sankt Augustin, Germany.
  • Pablo Villoslada
    August Pi i Sunyer Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBAPS), Barcelona, Spain.