Edit Subject Metadata
Subject metadata includes parents, siblings, phenotypes, and indications for the subject of a case. Except for sex, all subject metadata are optional.
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Select the Subjects tab. |
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From the Subjects Registry page, select a Subject ID. |
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From the Subject page, select Edit. |
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Complete or modify the following fields: |
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Subject—The unique ID for the subject. |
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Age—The age of the subject. |
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Sex—The biological sex of the subject. |
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Family ID—The unique ID for a family, when cases for parents or siblings are present in the software. |
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Mother—The subject ID for the mother of the subject. |
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Father—The subject ID for the father of the subject. |
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Add up to five siblings as follows. |
- Select Add Family Member.
- Enter the subject ID for the sibling.
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For each family member, select the Select Affection drop-down arrow, and then select an affection status. |
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Missing (0)—The affected status is not specified (missing the phenotype). |
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Missing (-9)—The affected status is not specified (missing data). |
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Unaffected—The indicated disease does not affect the subject. |
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Affected—The indicated disease affects the subject. |
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Unknown—It is not known if the indicated disease affects the subject. |
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Add one or more phenotypes as follows. |
- In the Phenotype field, enter a disease or phenotype.
As you type, a list of possible matches appears to assist your search. The name of the ontology is displayed in parentheses after the phenotype name.
- Select an entry from the list or press Enter to accept the first match.
- To remove an entry, select ×.
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To return to the case, select the name of the analysis result. |