Index How does the item category classification system work?
Diseases Database Content: Frequently Asked Questions Diseas…A major function of the category information in the Diseases Database is to structure lists: “there are acquired causes and congenital causes…” any item classed as (say) ‘bacterial’ is automatically classed as an ‘infection’; an item classed as having (say) ‘sex linked inheritance’ is automatically classed as ‘Mendelian’ and thence to ‘inherited’ One may wish an item to belong to several categories at the same time.
