NAME

getSts.pl - This program returns a concepts semantic type(s).

SYNOPSIS

This program takes in a CUI or a TERM and returns its semantic type(s).

USAGE

Usage: getSts.pl [OPTIONS] [TERM|CUI]

INPUT

Required Arguments:

[TERM|CUI]

A Concept Unique Identifier (CUI) or a term from the Unified Medical Language System (UMLS)

Optional Arguments:

--debug

Sets the debug flag for testing

--username STRING

Username is required to access the umls database on MySql unless it was specified in the my.cnf file at installation

--password STRING

Password is required to access the umls database on MySql unless it was specified in the my.cnf file at installation

--hostname STRING

Hostname where mysql is located. DEFAULT: localhost

--socket STRING

The socket your mysql is using. DEFAULT: /tmp/mysql.sock

--database STRING

Database contain UMLS DEFAULT: umls

--help

Displays the quick summary of program options.

--version

Displays the version information.

OUTPUT

List of CUIs that are associated with the input term

SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS

• Perl (version 5.8.5 or better) - http://www.perl.org

AUTHOR

 Bridget T. McInnes, University of Minnesota

COPYRIGHT

Copyright (c) 2007-2009,

 Bridget T. McInnes, University of Minnesota
 bthomson at cs.umn.edu
    
 Ted Pedersen, University of Minnesota Duluth
 tpederse at d.umn.edu

 Siddharth Patwardhan, University of Utah, Salt Lake City
 sidd@cs.utah.edu
 
 Serguei Pakhomov, University of Minnesota Twin Cities
 pakh0002@umn.edu

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program; if not, write to:

 The Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
 59 Temple Place - Suite 330,
 Boston, MA  02111-1307, USA.

cpanm UMLS::Interface

perl -MCPAN -e shell
install UMLS::Interface