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Citing DO

To cite your use of the Disease Ontology in your work, please cite the following publication:

Schriml, L. M., Mitraka, E., Munro, J., Tauber, B., Schor, M., Nickle, L., … Greene, C. (2018). Human Disease Ontology 2018 update: classification, content and workflow expansion. Nucleic acids research, 47(D1), D955–D962. doi:10.1093/nar/gky1032; PMID:30407550; PDF.

Linking to DO

The Disease Ontology can be linked via the Disease Ontology ID, such as https://www.disease-ontology.org/?id=DOID:9256 for colorectal cancer.

License

DO CC0 License - The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication CC0 1.0 Universal license allows for the copying, modification and distribution of the Disease Ontology content without asking permission.