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UMLS Metathesaurus Data Change

UMLS Metathesaurus Data Change. NLM Tech Bull. 2012 Mar-Apr;(385):b3.

March 05, 2012 [posted]

The maximum field length for the attribute name (ATN) field in the MRSAT file is now 100 characters. Users may need to update database load scripts to reflect the change.