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An integrated system to represent and manage medical knowledge.

Medinfo. 1995;8 Pt 2:931-3. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/96174154
Fiore M; Sicurello F; Indorato G; National Research Council, Institute of Advanced Biomedical; Technologies, via Ampere 56, 20131, Milano.

Abstract: This paper describes an integrated system in Prolog that permits the creation of a personal Knowledge Base to express and formalize specialist knowledge in medicine. Formalisms used are production rules and frames. The integrated system is able to manage data and knowledge stored in a database built in M Technology (MUMPS).
Keywords: Adult *Artificial Intelligence AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections/DIAGNOSIS/THERAPY *Decision Making, Computer-Assisted Decision Trees Human *Information Systems Lung Diseases, Interstitial/DIAGNOSIS/THERAPY Software *Systems Integration User-Computer Interface JOURNAL ARTICLE

KWDadultKWDartificialintelligenceaids-relatedopportunisticinfections/diagnosis/therapyKWDdecisionmaking,computer-assisteddecisiontreeshumanKWDinformationsystemslungdiseases,interstitial/diagnosis/therapysoftwareKWDsystemsintegrationuser-computerinterfacejournalarticle
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