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Yearb Med Inform 1999; 08(01): 3-5
DOI: 10.1055/s-0038-1637909
Editorial
Georg Thieme Verlag KG Stuttgart

The Promise of Medical Informatics

Jan H. van Bemmel
1   Institute of Medical Informatics, Erasmus University Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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Alexa T. McCray
2   National Library of Medicine Bethesda MD, USA
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10 March 2018 (online)

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