Seminars in Arthritis and Rheumatism
Volume 40, Issue 5 , Pages 413-420 , April 2011

Validation of Psoriatic Arthritis Diagnoses in Electronic Medical Records Using Natural Language Processing

  • Thorvardur Jon Love, MD

      Affiliations

    • Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests to Thorvardur Jon Love, MD, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School Boston, MA 02115
    • ,
  • Tianxi Cai, ScD

      Affiliations

    • Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts
    • ,
  • Elizabeth W. Karlson, MD

      Affiliations

    • Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts

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 The authors have no conflicts of interest to disclose.

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doi: 10.1016/j.semarthrit.2010.05.002

Seminars in Arthritis and Rheumatism
Volume 40, Issue 5 , Pages 413-420 , April 2011

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