RGD uses the Human Disease Ontology (DO, https://disease-ontology.org/) for disease curation across species. RGD automatically downloads each new release of the ontology on a monthly basis. Some additional terms which are required for RGD's curation purposes but are not currently covered in the official version of DO have been added. As corresponding terms are added to DO, these custom terms are retired and the DO terms substituted in existing annotations and subsequently used for curation.
An autoimmune disease that is characterized by chronic enlargement of the glands of the head and neck, has_symptom lumps of the face and neck, dry eyes, dry mouth, and intermittent fever, and is often associated with an underlying autoimmune disorder, hematologic malignancy, tuberculosis infection, or syphilis infection. (DO)
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IgG4-related dacryoadenitis and sialadenitis; Mikulicz's disease