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SUBMITTER: Deckard J
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5566197 | biostudies-literature | 2015 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Deckard Jamalynne J McDonald Clement J CJ Vreeman Daniel J DJ
Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association : JAMIA 20150205 3
Electronic reporting of genetic testing results is increasing, but they are often represented in diverse formats and naming conventions. Logical Observation Identifiers Names and Codes (LOINC) is a vocabulary standard that provides universal identifiers for laboratory tests and clinical observations. In genetics, LOINC provides codes to improve interoperability in the midst of reporting style transition, including codes for cytogenetic or mutation analysis tests, specific chromosomal alteration ...[more]