ITHANET Encyclopedia

Utility
The ITHANET Encyclopedia is a resource for everyone interested in hemoglobinopathies and other blood diseases. It aims to be a supplement to the ITHANET Portal and the protocols and  guidelines provided on the ITHANET Wiki, and tries to explain all unknown terms in the context of hemoglobinopathies. If you find mistakes or omissions, add content by clicking on the edit tab or start a new keyword by entering it into the search field on the left. If you do not know how to use wiki formatting, do not worry. Just type away, and someone with the necessary technical skills will come along and sort out the formatting. This site is about biological and medical knowledge and about clinical and social skills relating to blood disorders, not about IT prowess.

Conception
This ITHANET Encyclopedia started life as a list of medical terms and definitions (assembled by Helena Hasapopoulou and Athanasia Leontiadou), combined with the original ITHANET Glossary of hemoglobinopathy terms (written by Carsten W. Lederer). The encyclopedia was converted to wiki format and enhanced by Carsten W. Lederer. To the best of our knowledge, we have not plagiarized other people's work. Drop us a note if you think we have, pointing out the offending term or passage.

Task List

 * All of the encyclopedia has been seeded.
 * Substantial additions needed from the ITHANET consortium are indicated with the remark Action ITHANET.
 * A section Relevance to Hemoglobinopathies has to be added for those keywords where this is not self-explanatory.
 * Critical keywords need be allocated to collaborators for enhancement, with instructions on how to edit wikis and cite by PMIDs.