MAxO Relations
Each annotation identifies a medical action and its relationship to a disease or disease manifestation. The MAxO term’s relation to the disease or disease manifestation is specified by one of five relations.
Relation |
Definition |
|---|---|
treats |
The medical action can be used to treat the phenotypic feature indicated by the HPO term in persons with the indicated disease |
prevents |
The medical action can be used to prevent the phenotypic feature indicated by the HPO term in persons with the indicated disease |
investigates |
The medical action can be used to investigate the phenotypic feature indicated by the HPO term in persons with the indicated disease |
contraindicated |
The medical action should not be used because it may be harmful to persons with the indicated disease |
lack of observed response |
The medical action was applied to persons with the indicated disease without a positive or negative response being observed |