xref for MESH:D012216 ! Rheumatic Diseases

[cmungall]

From: monarch-initiative#28

GO has the xref for MESH:D012216 ! Rheumatic Diseases under an obsolete class:

[Term]
id: DOID:4256
name: rheumatism
xref: MESH:D012216
xref: NCI:C26877
xref: SNOMEDCT_2010_1_31:203100003
xref: SNOMEDCT_2010_1_31:247363006
xref: SNOMEDCT_2010_1_31:268107007
xref: SNOMEDCT_2010_1_31:29913006
xref: SNOMEDCT_2010_1_31:396332003
xref: UMLS_CUI:C0035435
is_obsolete: true

No reason for obsoletion is given. Presumably because this is a phenotype?

Is there a reason not to move the xref here?

[Term]
id: DOID:1575
name: rheumatic disease
namespace: disease_ontology
def: "A hypersensitivity reaction type II disease that involves inflammation or pain in the muscles, joints, or fibrous tissue." [url:http://www.niams.nih.gov/Health_Info/Scleroderma/default.asp]
xref: UMLS_CUI:C0748408
is_a: DOID:417  ! hypersensitivity reaction type II disease

[cmungall]

I think the DO class should be reviewed.

According to WP
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rheumatism
is a very general non-specific term, and would include RA

In DO 'rheumatic disease' is defined very specifically using an implicit GO class, type II hypersensitivity (I believe RA would be type III, at least in some cases?)

In fact the source of the DO definition is http://www.niams.nih.gov/Health_Info/Scleroderma/default.asp
which defines rheumatic disease v generally