Subcortical cerebral atrophy includes both Cerebral white matter atrophy and Atrophy/Degeneration involving the caudate nucleus

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Subcortical cerebral atrophy includes both Cerebral white matter atrophy and Atrophy/Degeneration involving the caudate nucleus #6817

Closed DLewisSmith closed 3 years ago

DLewisSmith commented 3 years ago

HPO term Subcortical cerebral atrophy HP:0012157

Suggested revision and reasons Subcortical atrophy can involve grey or white matter. Hence I propose placing the following terms as its children:

Cerebral white matter atrophy HP:0012762 Atrophy/Degeneration involving the caudate nucleus HP:0007374

pnrobinson commented 3 years ago

The issue is that a subclass implies "always" -- cerebral WM atrophy is not always subcortical, I think. I am less sure about the caudate. If it is only "sometimes", then we should not make this link @DLewisSmith

pnrobinson commented 3 years ago

I think we should not make these links, I will close this term, please reopen if you feel this is wrong.