DermO; an ontology for the description of dermatologic disease

Table 1 Upper level classes of the DermO ontology

Class
Cutaneous disease	Adnexal disease
	Anogenital non-venereal disease
	Atrophy or disorder of dermal connective tissue
	Developmental anomaly
	Disorder caused by infections, infestations stings or bites
	Disorder due to physical agent
	Disorder of hair or nails
	Disorder of Langerhans cells or macrophages
	Disorder of neoplasm of the skin
	Disorders of subcutaneous fat
	Genodermatosis
	Metabolic or systemic disease
	Oral disorder
	Papulosquamous or eczematous dermatosis
	Pigmentary disorder
	Pruritis, dysaesthesia or psychocutaneous disorder
	Rheumatological disorder
	Urticaria, erythema or purpura
	Vascular disorder
	Vesiculobullous disease

The root class is cutaneous disease (DERMO:0000001) with 20 sibling child classes describing the head levels of the axes of classification and include etiology, anatomical location and inheritance, conforming to recognized criteria for classification of dermatological diseases from Bolognia et al. [10]

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