MS COSTAR: a computerized patient record adapted for clinical research purposes.
Standardized and computerized neurological data will be a requirement for clinical studies in the future. MS COSTAR is a system that has been designed for multiple sclerosis clinical research. Adoption of standards and a computer method for recording and storing these data should be a high priority for the design and future of multi-center studies on multiple sclerosis.
Division of Neurology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada.
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D006801:Humans; D007256:Information Systems / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D008499:Medical Records / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D015337:Multicenter Studies as Topic / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods; D009103:Multiple Sclerosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology; D012984:Software