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Ontology for the description of human clinical features
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Question about synonym HP_0000964 (Eczema) #574

Closed edfoster10 closed 8 years ago

edfoster10 commented 8 years ago

Nicole and I see that Dermatitis is an exact synonym for Eczema, but aren't these separate terms/conditions?

markengelstad commented 8 years ago

yes, they are different classes.

eczema is a synonym for 'atopic dermatitis' 'atopic dermatitis' is a subtype of dermatitis

On Thu, Dec 10, 2015 at 3:48 PM Erin Foster notifications@github.com wrote:

Nicole and I see that Dermatitis is an exact synonym for Eczema, but aren't these separate terms/conditions?

— Reply to this email directly or view it on GitHub https://github.com/obophenotype/human-phenotype-ontology/issues/574.

pnrobinson commented 8 years ago

According to the national eczema association (https://nationaleczema.org/eczema/types-of-eczema/), Eczema is a general term for any type of dermatitis or “itchy rash”. This is a difficult area to model because much of the literature mixes up diseases and phenotypic features. Eczema is best conceptualized as a disease, and we need to include the phenotypic features of the disease here. However, I think for now it would be good to put "dermatitis" as a related_synonym of the term "Inflammatory abnormality of the skin". We are hoping to work together with the UK dermatologists on making this entire section more robust, stay tuned!