title: The birth defects information system. A computer-based information resource for diagnostic support, education, and research.
abstract: The Center for Birth Defects Information Services, a non-profit scientific collaborative formed to promote scientific and professional communication in birth defects and human genetics, operates a number of print and electronic information services designed to support clinical practice, education, and research. Unique among these services is Micro BDIS; a self-contained Birth Defects Information System for the personal computer. Subscribers are able to describe clinical cases or search criteria in a standardized language, as well as free text. The Micro BDIS evaluation facility then assists in the development of a differential diagnosis. Unusual cases that do not fit established diagnosis may be submitted to an Unknowns Registry.
mesh_terms: D000013:Congenital Abnormalities / Q000175:diagnosis; D003628:Database Management Systems; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004502:Education, Medical, Continuing; D005103:Expert Systems; D006801:Humans; D012106:Research; D012984:Software; D014481:United States