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ArticleFrontiers in digital health2025

A simplified retriever to improve accuracy of phenotype normalizations by large language models.

Daniel B Hier, Thanh Son Do, Tayo Obafemi-Ajayi

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Article in Frontiers in digital health, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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3 authors.

Daniel B HierDepartment of Neurology and Rehabilitation, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, United States.
Thanh Son DoDepartment of Computer Science, Missouri State University, Springfield, MO, United States.
Tayo Obafemi-AjayiEngineering Program, Missouri State University, Springfield, MO, United States.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Large language models have shown improved accuracy in phenotype term normalization tasks when augmented with retrievers that suggest candidate normalizations based on term definitions. In this work, we introduce a simplified retriever that enhances large language model accuracy by searching the Human Phenotype Ontology (HPO) for candidate matches using contextual word embeddings from BioBERT without the need for explicit term definitions. Testing this method on terms derived from the clinical synopses of Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man (OMIM

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cosine similarityHPOlarge language modelOMIMphenotype normalizationretrievalaugmented generationsmall language model

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PMID40103736
PMCPMC11913805

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