Generated Narrative: NamingSystem PharmVar
Defining URL | http://terminology.hl7.org/NamingSystem/PharmVar |
Version | 1.0.0 |
Name | PharmVar |
Title | Pharmacogene Variation |
Status | active |
Definition | "The major focus of the Pharmacogene Consortium (PharmVar) is to serve as a repository for allelic variation, providing an official and unified allele designation system for the Pharmacogenetics (PGx) community and facilitating the translation of genotype into phenotype and clinical implementation of PGx. While the majority of pharmacogenes in PharmVar utilize the star nomenclature to describe variation, the provision of single nucleotide variants (SNVs), rather than haplotype, is preferred for some genes. Thus, PharmVar has two different page formats, A) using star nomenclature and B) using rs ID# as allele (referred to as ‘rs-format’). \nPharmVar designates human pharmacogene variation and houses allelic variants in the PharmVar database. \n
PharmVar is released monthly (or more frequently) and uses a numbered database version format for each release. \nNote on updates to variants: The variants defined in association with a given PharmVar ID are immutable. When it is necessary to update the variant definitions for an associated concept, the existing allele and PharmVar ID are marked as "retired" and a new PharmVar ID is issued with the updated variant definitions. \nIn the context of the representation of PharmVar in HL7 standards: \n
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Publisher | Pharmacogene Variation Consortium |
Type | Value | Preferred | Period |
URI | http://www.pharmvar.org | true | 2024-04-29 --> (ongoing) |