title: Introduction to the Department of Medical Information Science of Osaka University Hospital.
authors.affiliation: Professor Hiroshi Takeda, M.D., Ph.D., Department of Medical Information Science, Osaka University hospital, 2-15, Yamada-Oka, Suita 565, Japan, E-mail: takeda@hp-info.med.osaka-u.ac.jp.
authors.forename: H
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authors.lastname: Takeda